Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
5
PSALMS: 5
PROVERBS: 5, 35, 65, 95,
125
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 48:1 - 49:22
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 -
22
PSALMS: 5
For
the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David.
1
Give
ear to my words, O LORD,
consider
my sighing.
2
Listen
to my cry for help,
my
King and my God,
for
to you I pray.
3
In
the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in
the morning I lay my requests before you
and
wait in expectation.
4
You
are not a God who takes pleasure in evil;
with
you the wicked cannot dwell.
5
The
arrogant cannot stand in your presence;
you
hate all who do wrong.
6
You
destroy those who tell lies;
bloodthirsty
and deceitful men
the
LORD abhors.
7
But
I, by your great mercy,
will
come into your house;
in
reverence will I bow down
toward
your holy temple.
8
Lead
me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because
of my enemies--
make
straight your way before me. [1]
9
Not
a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their
heart is filled with destruction.
Their
throat is an open grave;
with
their tongue they speak deceit.
10
Declare
them guilty, O God!
Let
their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish
them for their many sins,
for
they have rebelled against you.
11
But
let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let
them ever sing for joy.
Spread
your protection over them,
that
those who love your name may rejoice in you.
12
For
surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you
surround them with your favor as with a shield. [2]
PSALMS: 35
Of
David.
1
Contend,
O LORD, with those who contend with me;
fight
against those who fight against me.
2
Take
up shield and buckler;
arise
and come to my aid.
3
Brandish
spear and javelin A
against
those who pursue me.
Say
to my soul,
"I am your salvation."
4
May
those who seek my life
be
disgraced and put to shame;
may
those who plot my ruin
be
turned back in dismay.
5
May
they be like chaff before the wind,
with
the angel of the LORD driving them away;
6
may
their path be dark and slippery,
with
the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
7
Since
they hid their net for me without cause
and
without cause dug a pit for me,
8
may
ruin overtake them by surprise--
may
the net they hid entangle them,
may
they fall into the pit, to their ruin.
9
Then
my soul will rejoice in the LORD
and
delight in his salvation.
10
My
whole being will exclaim,
"Who
is like you, O LORD?
You
rescue the poor from those too strong for them,
the
poor and needy from those who rob them." [3]
11
Ruthless
witnesses come forward;
they
question me on things I know nothing about.
12
They
repay me evil for good
and
leave my soul forlorn.
13
Yet
when they were ill, I put on sackcloth
and
humbled myself with fasting.
When
my prayers returned to me unanswered,
14
I
went about mourning
as
though for my friend or brother.
I
bowed my head in grief
as
though weeping for my mother.
15
But
when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
attackers
gathered against me when I was unaware.
They
slandered me without ceasing.
16
Like
the ungodly they maliciously mocked B;
they
gnashed their teeth at me.
17
O
Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue
my life from their ravages,
my
precious life from these lions.
18
I
will give you thanks in the great assembly;
among
throngs of people I will praise you.
19
Let
not those gloat over me
who
are my enemies without cause;
let
not those who hate me without reason
maliciously
wink the eye.
20
They
do not speak peaceably,
but
devise false accusations
against
those who live quietly in the land.
21
They
gape at me and say, "Aha! Aha!
With
our own eyes we have seen it." [4]
22
O
LORD, you have seen this; be not silent.
Do
not be far from me, O Lord.
23
Awake,
and rise to my defense!
Contend
for me, my God and Lord.
24
Vindicate
me in your righteousness, O LORD my God;
do
not let them gloat over me.
25
Do
not let them think, "Aha, just what we wanted!"
or
say, "We have swallowed him up."
26
May
all who gloat over my distress
be
put to shame and confusion;
may
all who exalt themselves over me
be
clothed with shame and disgrace.
27
May
those who delight in my vindication
shout
for joy and gladness;
may
they always say, "The LORD be exalted,
who
delights in the well-being of his servant."
28
My
tongue will speak of your righteousness
and
of your praises all day long. [5]
PSALMS: 65
For
the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.
1
Praise
awaits A you, O God, in Zion;
to
you our vows will be fulfilled.
2
O
you who hear prayer,
to
you all men will come.
3
When
we were overwhelmed by sins,
you
forgave B our transgressions.
4
Blessed
are those you choose
and
bring near to live in your courts!
We
are filled with the good things of your house,
of
your holy temple.
5
You
answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness,
O
God our Savior,
the
hope of all the ends of the earth
and
of the farthest seas,
6
who
formed the mountains by your power,
having
armed yourself with strength,
7
who
stilled the roaring of the seas,
the
roaring of their waves,
and
the turmoil of the nations.
8
Those
living far away fear your wonders;
where
morning dawns and evening fades
you
call forth songs of joy.
9
You
care for the land and water it;
you
enrich it abundantly.
The
streams of God are filled with water
to
provide the people with grain, [6]
for
so you have ordained it. C
10
You
drench its furrows
and
level its ridges;
you
soften it with showers
and
bless its crops.
11
You
crown the year with your bounty,
and
your carts overflow with abundance.
12
The
grasslands of the desert overflow;
the
hills are clothed with gladness.
13
The
meadows are covered with flocks
and
the valleys are mantled with grain;
they
shout for joy and sing. [7]
PSALMS: 95
1
Come,
let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let
us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2
Let
us come before him with thanksgiving
and
extol him with music and song.
3
For
the LORD is the great God,
the
great King above all gods.
4
In
his hand are the depths of the earth,
and
the mountain peaks belong to him.
5
The
sea is his, for he made it,
and
his hands formed the dry land.
6
Come,
let us bow down in worship,
let
us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7
for
he is our God
and
we are the people of his pasture,
the
flock under his care.
Today,
if you hear his voice,
8
do
not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, A
as
you did that day at Massah B in the desert,
9
where
your fathers tested and tried me,
though
they had seen what I did.
10
For
forty years I was angry with that generation;
I
said, "They are a people whose hearts go
astray,
and
they have not known my ways."
11
So
I declared on oath in my anger,
"They shall never enter my rest." [8]
PSALMS: 125
A
song of ascents.
1
Those
who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,
which
cannot be shaken but endures forever.
2
As
the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so
the LORD surrounds his people
both
now and forevermore.
3
The
scepter of the wicked will not remain
over
the land allotted to the righteous,
for
then the righteous might use
their
hands to do evil.
4
Do
good, O LORD, to those who are good,
to
those who are upright in heart.
5
But
those who turn to crooked ways
the
LORD will banish with the evildoers.
Peace
be upon Israel. [9]
PROVERBS: 5
5
1 My son, pay attention to my
wisdom,
listen
well to my words of insight,
2
that
you may maintain discretion
and
your lips may preserve knowledge.
3
For
the lips of an adulteress drip honey,
and
her speech is smoother than oil;
4
but
in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp
as a double-edged sword.
5
Her
feet go down to death;
her
steps lead straight to the grave. A
6
She
gives no thought to the way of life;
her
paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
7
Now
then, my sons, listen to me;
do
not turn aside from what I say.
8
Keep
to a path far from her,
do
not go near the door of her house,
9
lest
you give your best strength to others
and
your years to one who is cruel,
10
lest
strangers feast on your wealth
and
your toil enrich another man's house.
11
At
the end of your life you will groan,
when
your flesh and body are spent.
12
You
will say, "How I hated discipline!
How
my heart spurned correction!
13
I
would not obey my teachers
or
listen to my instructors.
14
I
have come to the brink of utter ruin
in
the midst of the whole assembly."
15
Drink
water from your own cistern,
running
water from your own well.
16
Should
your springs overflow in the streets,
your
streams of water in the public squares?
17
Let
them be yours alone, [10]
never
to be shared with strangers.
18
May
your fountain be blessed,
and
may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19
A
loving doe, a graceful deer--
may
her breasts satisfy you always,
may
you ever be captivated by her love.
20
Why
be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?
Why
embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
21
For
a man's ways are in full view of the LORD,
and
he examines all his paths.
22
The
evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;
the
cords of his sin hold him fast.
23
He
will die for lack of discipline,
led
astray by his own great folly. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 48:1 - 49:22
48
1
Concerning
Moab:
This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
"Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim
will be disgraced and captured;
the
stronghold A will be disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab
will be praised no more;
in
Heshbon B men will plot her downfall:
`Come,
let us put an end to that nation.'
You
too, O Madmen, C will be silenced;
the
sword will pursue you.
3 Listen
to the cries from Horonaim,
cries
of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab
will be broken;
her
little ones will cry out.
D
5 They
go up the way to Luhith,
weeping
bitterly as they go;
on
the road down to Horonaim
anguished
cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee!
Run for your lives;
become
like a bush E in the desert.
7 Since
you trust in your deeds and riches,
you
too will be taken captive,
and
Chemosh will go into exile,
[12]
together
with his priests and officials.
8 The
destroyer will come against every town,
and
not a town will escape.
The
valley will be ruined
and
the plateau destroyed,
because
the LORD has spoken.
9 Put
salt on Moab,
for
she will be laid waste F;
her
towns will become desolate,
with
no one to live in them.
10 "A
curse on him who is lax in doing the LORD's work!
A
curse on him who keeps his sword from bloodshed!
11
"Moab has been at rest from youth,
like
wine left on its dregs,
not
poured from one jar to another--
she
has not gone into exile.
So
she tastes as she did,
and
her aroma is unchanged.
12 But
days are coming,"
declares
the LORD,
"when I will send men who pour from jars,
and
they will pour her out;
they
will empty her jars
and
smash her jugs. [13]
13 Then
Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,
as
the house of Israel was ashamed
when
they trusted in Bethel.
14 "How
can you say, `We are warriors,
men
valiant in battle'?
15 Moab
will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
her
finest young men will go down in the slaughter,"
declares
the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty.
16 "The
fall of Moab is at hand;
her
calamity will come quickly.
17 Mourn
for her, all who live around her,
all
who know her fame;
say,
`How broken is the mighty scepter,
how
broken the glorious staff!'
18 "Come
down from your glory
and
sit on the parched ground,
O
inhabitants of the Daughter of Dibon,
for
he who destroys Moab
will
come up against you
and
ruin your fortified cities.
19 Stand
by the road and watch,
you
who live in Aroer.
Ask
the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask
them, `What has happened?'
Wail
and cry out!
Announce
by the Arnon
that
Moab is destroyed.
21 Judgment
has come to the plateau--
to
Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,
22 to
Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
23 to
Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
24 to
Kerioth and Bozrah--
to
all the towns of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab's
hornG is cut off;
her
arm is broken,"
declares
the LORD.
26
"Make her drunk,
for
she has defied the LORD.
Let
Moab wallow in her vomit;
let
her be an object of ridicule.
27 Was
not Israel the object of your ridicule?
Was
she caught among thieves,
that
you shake your head in scorn
whenever
you speak of her?
28 Abandon
your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you
who live in Moab.
Be
like a dove that makes its nest
29 "We
have heard of Moab's pride--
her
overweening pride and conceit,
her
pride and arrogance
and
the haughtiness of her heart.
30 I
know her insolence but it is futile,"
declares
the LORD,
"and her boasts accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore
I wail over Moab,
for
all Moab I cry out,
I
moan for the men of Kir Hareseth.
32 I
weep for you, as Jazer weeps,
O
vines of Sibmah.
Your
branches spread as far as the sea;
they
reached as far as the sea of Jazer.
The
destroyer has fallen
on
your ripened fruit and grapes.
33 Joy
and gladness are gone
from
the orchards and fields of Moab.
I
have stopped the flow of wine from the presses;
no
one treads them with shouts of joy.
Although
there are shouts,
they
are not shouts of joy.
34 "The
sound of their cry rises
from
Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz,
from
Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for
even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
[16]
35 In
Moab I will put an end
to
those who make offerings on the high places
and
burn incense to their gods,"
declares
the LORD.
36
"So my heart laments for Moab like a flute;
it
laments like a flute for the men of Kir Hareseth.
The
wealth they acquired is gone.
37 Every
head is shaved
and
every beard cut off;
every
hand is slashed
and
every waist is covered with sackcloth.
38 On
all the roofs in Moab
and
in the public squares
there
is nothing but mourning,
for
I have broken Moab
like
a jar that no one wants,"
declares
the LORD.
39 How shattered she
is! How they wail!
How
Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab
has become an object of ridicule,
an
object of horror to all those around her."
40
This
is what the LORD says:
"Look! An eagle is swooping down,
spreading
its wings over Moab.
[17]
41 Kerioth
H will be captured
and
the strongholds taken.
In
that day the hearts of Moab's warriors
will
be like the heart of a woman in labor.
42 Moab
will be destroyed as a nation
because
she defied the LORD.
43 Terror
and pit and snare await you,
O
people of Moab,"
declares
the LORD.
44
"Whoever flees from the terror
will
fall into a pit,
whoever
climbs out of the pit
will
be caught in a snare;
for
I will bring upon Moab
the
year of her punishment,"
declares
the LORD.
45
"In the shadow of Heshbon
the
fugitives stand helpless,
for
a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a
blaze from the midst of Sihon;
it
burns the foreheads of Moab,
the
skulls of the noisy boasters.
The
people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your
sons are taken into exile
and
your daughters into captivity.
47 "Yet
I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in
days to come,"
declares
the LORD.
Here
ends the judgment on Moab.
49
1
Concerning
the Ammonites:
This
is what the LORD says:
"Has Israel no sons?
Has
she no heirs?
Why
then has Molech A taken possession of Gad?
Why
do his people live in its towns?
2 But
the days are coming,"
declares
the LORD,
"when
I will sound the battle cry
against
Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it
will become a mound of ruins,
and
its surrounding villages will be set on fire.
[19]
Then
Israel will drive out
those
who drove her out,"
says
the LORD.
3
"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed!
Cry
out, O inhabitants of Rabbah!
Put
on sackcloth and mourn;
rush
here and there inside the walls,
for
Molech will go into exile,
together
with his priests and officials.
4 Why
do you boast of your valleys,
boast
of your valleys so fruitful?
O
unfaithful daughter,
you
trust in your riches and say,
`Who
will attack me?'
5 I
will bring terror on you
from
all those around you,"
declares
the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
"Every
one of you will be driven away,
and
no one will gather the fugitives.
6 "Yet
afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites,"
declares
the LORD.
7
Concerning
Edom:
This
is what the LORD Almighty says: [20]
"Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
Has
counsel perished from the prudent?
Has
their wisdom decayed?
8 Turn
and flee, hide in deep caves,
you
who live in Dedan,
for
I will bring disaster on Esau
at
the time I punish him.
9 If
grape pickers came to you,
would
they not leave a few grapes?
If
thieves came during the night,
would
they not steal only as much as they wanted?
10 But
I will strip Esau bare;
I
will uncover his hiding places,
so
that he cannot conceal himself.
His
children, relatives and neighbors will perish,
and
he will be no more.
11 Leave your orphans; I will protect their
lives.
Your
widows too can trust in me."
12
This
is what the LORD says: "If those who do not deserve to
drink the cup must drink it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go
unpunished, but must drink it. 13 I swear by
myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will
become a ruin and an object of horror, of reproach and of cursing; and all its
towns will be in ruins forever."
14
I
have heard a message from the LORD:
An
envoy was sent to the nations to say,
"Assemble yourselves to attack it! [21]
Rise
up for battle!"
15
"Now I will make you small among the nations,
despised
among men.
16 The
terror you inspire
and
the pride of your heart have deceived you,
you
who live in the clefts of the rocks,
who
occupy the heights of the hill.
Though
you build your nest as high as the eagle's,
from
there I will bring you down,"
declares
the LORD.
17
"Edom will become an object of horror;
all
who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
because
of all its wounds.
18 As
Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown,
along
with their neighboring towns,"
says
the LORD,
"so no one will live there;
no
man will dwell in it.
19 "Like
a lion coming up from Jordan's thickets
to
a rich pastureland,
I
will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
Who
is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who
is like me and who can challenge me?
And
what shepherd can stand against me?"
[22]
Rise
up for battle!"
20
Therefore,
hear what the LORD has planned against Edom,
what
he has purposed against those who live in Teman:
The
young of the flock will be dragged away;
he
will completely destroy their pasture because of them.
21
At
the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;
their
cry will resound to the Red Sea. B
22
Look!
An eagle will soar and swoop down,
spreading
its wings over Bozrah.
In
that day the hearts of Edom's warriors
will
be like the heart of a woman in labor. [23]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 -
22
4
1
In
the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead,
and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the
Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and
encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the
time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit
their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to
say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will
turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you,
keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist,
discharge all the duties of your ministry.
6
For
I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for
my departure. 7 I have
fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8
Now
there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to
all who have longed for his appearing.
9
Do
your best to come to me quickly, 10 for
Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to
Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke
is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my
ministry. 12
I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13 When you
come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls,
especially the parchments.
14
Alexander
the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he
has done. 15
You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed
our message.
16
At
my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it
not be held against them. 17 But the
Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might
be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from
the lion's mouth. 18 The Lord
will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly
kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
19
Greet
Priscilla A and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus.
20
Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. 21 Do your
best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus,
Claudia and all the brothers.
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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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