Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
SEPTEMBER
28
PSALMS: 28,
58, 88, 118, 148
PROVERBS: 28
OLD
TESTAMENT: HABAKKUK 1:1 - 3:19
NEW
TESTAMENT: REVELATIONS 9:1 -
21
PSALMS: 28
Of
David.
1
To
you I call, O LORD my Rock;
do
not turn a deaf ear to me.
For
if you remain silent,
I
will be like those who have gone down to the pit.
2
Hear
my cry for mercy
as
I call to you for help,
as
I lift up my hands
toward
your Most Holy Place.
3
Do
not drag me away with the wicked,
with
those who do evil,
who
speak cordially with their neighbors
but
harbor malice in their hearts.
4
Repay
them for their deeds
and
for their evil work;
repay
them for what their hands have done
and
bring back upon them what they deserve.
5
Since
they show no regard for the works of the LORD
and
what his hands have done,
he
will tear them down
and
never build them up again.
6
Praise
be to the LORD,
for
he has heard my cry for mercy.
7
The
LORD is my strength and my shield;
my
heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My
heart leaps for joy
and
I will give thanks to him in song. [1]
8
The
LORD is the strength of his people,
a
fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
9
Save
your people and bless your inheritance;
be
their shepherd and carry them forever. [2]
PSALMS: 58
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam.
A
1
Do
you rulers indeed speak justly?
Do
you judge uprightly among men?
2
No,
in your heart you devise injustice,
and
your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3
Even
from birth the wicked go astray;
from
the womb they are wayward and speak lies.
4
Their
venom is like the venom of a snake,
like
that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5
that
will not heed the tune of the charmer,
however
skillful the enchanter may be.
6
Break
the teeth in their mouths, O God;
tear
out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!
7
Let
them vanish like water that flows away;
when
they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.
8
Like
a slug melting away as it moves along,
like
a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.
9
Before
your pots can feel the heat of the thorns--
whether
they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away.
B
10
The
righteous will be glad when they are avenged,
when
they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11
Then
men will say,
"Surely
the righteous still are rewarded;
surely
there is a God who judges the earth." [3]
PSALMS: 88
A
song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to
mahalath leannoth. A A maskil B of Heman the
Ezrahite.
1
O
LORD, the God who saves me,
day
and night I cry out before you.
2
May
my prayer come before you;
turn
your ear to my cry.
3
For
my soul is full of trouble
and
my life draws near the grave. C
4
I
am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I
am like a man without strength.
5
I
am set apart with the dead,
like
the slain who lie in the grave,
whom
you remember no more,
who
are cut off from your care.
6
You
have put me in the lowest pit,
in
the darkest depths.
7
Your
wrath lies heavily upon me;
you
have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
Selah
8
You
have taken from me my closest friends
and
have made me repulsive to them.
I
am confined and cannot escape;
9
my
eyes are dim with grief.
I
call to you, O LORD, every day;
I
spread out my hands to you.
10
Do
you show your wonders to the dead? [4]
Do
those who are dead rise up and praise you?
Selah
11
Is
your love declared in the grave,
your
faithfulness in Destruction D?
12
Are
your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or
your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13
But
I cry to you for help, O LORD;
in
the morning my prayer comes before you.
14
Why,
O LORD, do you reject me
and
hide your face from me?
15
From
my youth I have been afflicted and close to death;
I
have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
16
Your
wrath has swept over me;
your
terrors have destroyed me.
17
All
day long they surround me like a flood;
they
have completely engulfed me.
18
You
have taken my companions and loved ones from me;
the
darkness is my closest friend. [5]
PSALMS: 118
1
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his
love endures forever.
2
Let
Israel say:
"His love endures forever."
3
Let
the house of Aaron say:
"His love endures forever."
4
Let
those who fear the LORD say:
"His love endures forever."
5
In
my anguish I cried to the LORD,
and
he answered by setting me free.
6
The
LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.
What
can man do to me?
7
The
LORD is with me; he is my helper.
I
will look in triumph on my enemies.
8
It
is better to take refuge in the LORD
than
to trust in man.
9
It
is better to take refuge in the LORD
than
to trust in princes.
10
All
the nations surrounded me,
but
in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
11
They
surrounded me on every side,
but
in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
12
They
swarmed around me like bees,
but
they died out as quickly as burning thorns;
in
the name of the LORD I cut them off.
13
I
was pushed back and about to fall,
but
the LORD helped me.
14
The
LORD is my strength and my song;
he
has become my salvation. [6]
15
Shouts
of joy and victory
resound
in the tents of the righteous:
"The LORD's right hand has done mighty
things!
16
The
LORD's right hand is lifted high;
the
LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"
17
I
will not die but live,
and
will proclaim what the LORD has done.
18
The
LORD has chastened me severely,
but
he has not given me over to death.
19
Open
for me the gates of righteousness;
I
will enter and give thanks to the LORD.
20
This
is the gate of the LORD
through
which the righteous may enter.
21
I
will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you
have become my salvation.
22
The
stone the builders rejected
has
become the capstone;
23
the
LORD has done this,
and
it is marvelous in our eyes.
24
This
is the day the LORD has made;
let
us rejoice and be glad in it.
25
O
LORD, save us;
O
LORD, grant us success.
26
Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the LORD.
From
the house of the LORD we bless you. A
27
The
LORD is God,
and
he has made his light shine upon us.
With
boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
up
B to the horns of the altar. [7]
28
You
are my God, and I will give you thanks;
you
are my God, and I will exalt you.
29
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his
love endures forever. [8]
PSALMS: 148
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
the LORD from the heavens,
praise
him in the heights above.
2
Praise
him, all his angels,
praise
him, all his heavenly hosts.
3
Praise
him, sun and moon,
praise
him, all you shining stars.
4
Praise
him, you highest heavens
and
you waters above the skies.
5
Let
them praise the name of the LORD,
for
he commanded and they were created.
6
He
set them in place for ever and ever;
he
gave a decree that will never pass away.
7
Praise
the LORD from the earth,
you
great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
8
lightning
and hail, snow and clouds,
stormy
winds that do his bidding,
9
you
mountains and all hills,
fruit
trees and all cedars,
10
wild
animals and all cattle,
small
creatures and flying birds,
11kings
of the earth and all nations,
you
princes and all rulers on earth,
12
young
men and maidens,
old
men and children.
13
Let
them praise the name of the LORD,
for
his name alone is exalted;
his
splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14
He
has raised up for his people a horn, B
the
praise of all his saints,
of
Israel, the people close to his heart. [9]
Praise
the LORD. [10]
PROVERBS: 28
28
1
The wicked man flees though no one pursues,
but
the righteous are as bold as a lion.
2
When
a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,
but
a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
3
A
ruler A who oppresses the poor
is
like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
4
Those
who forsake the law praise the wicked,
but
those who keep the law resist them.
5
Evil
men do not understand justice,
but
those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
6
Better
a poor man whose walk is blameless
than
a rich man whose ways are perverse.
7
He
who keeps the law is a discerning son,
but
a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
8
He
who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest
amasses
it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
9
If
anyone turns a deaf ear to the law,
even
his prayers are detestable.
10
He
who leads the upright along an evil path
will
fall into his own trap,
but
the blameless will receive a good inheritance.
11
A
rich man may be wise in his own eyes,
but
a poor man who has discernment sees through him. [11]
12
When
the righteous triumph, there is great elation;
but
when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding.
13
He
who conceals his sins does not prosper,
but
whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
14
Blessed
is the man who always fears the LORD,
but
he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
15
Like
a roaring lion or a charging bear
is
a wicked man ruling over a helpless people.
16
A
tyrannical ruler lacks judgment,
but
he who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long life.
17
A
man tormented by the guilt of murder
will
be a fugitive till death;
let
no one support him.
18
He
whose walk is blameless is kept safe,
but
he whose ways are perverse will suddenly fall.
19
He
who works his land will have abundant food,
but
the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of
poverty.
20
A
faithful man will be richly blessed,
but
one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
21
To
show partiality is not good--
yet
a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
22
A
stingy man is eager to get rich
and
is unaware that poverty awaits him. [12]
23
He
who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor
than
he who has a flattering tongue.
24
He
who robs his father or mother
and
says, "It's not wrong"--
he
is partner to him who destroys.
25
A
greedy man stirs up dissension,
but
he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
26
He
who trusts in himself is a fool,
but
he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
27
He
who gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but
he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.
28
When
the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;
but
when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive. [13]
OLD
TESTAMENT: HABAKKUK 1:1 - 3:19
1
1
The
oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.
2
How
long, O LORD, must I call for help,
but
you do not listen?
Or
cry out to you, "Violence!"
but
you do not save?
3
Why
do you make me look at injustice?
Why
do you tolerate wrong?
Destruction
and violence are before me;
there
is strife, and conflict abounds.
4
Therefore
the law is paralyzed,
and
justice never prevails.
The
wicked hem in the righteous,
so
that justice is perverted.
5
"Look at the nations and watch--
and
be utterly amazed.
For
I am going to do something in your days
that
you would not believe,
even
if you were told.
6 I
am raising up the Babylonians,
A
that
ruthless and impetuous people,
who
sweep across the whole earth
to
seize dwelling places not their own.
they
are a law to themselves
and
promote their own honor.
8 Their
horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer
than wolves at dusk.
Their
cavalry gallops headlong;
their
horsemen come from afar.
They
fly like a vulture swooping to devour;
9
they all come bent on violence.
Their
hordes B
advance like a desert wind
and
gather prisoners like sand.
10 They
deride kings
and
scoff at rulers.
They
laugh at all fortified cities;
they
build earthen ramps and capture them.
11
Then they sweep past like the wind and go on--
guilty
men, whose own strength is their god."
12
O
LORD, are you not from everlasting?
My
God, my Holy One, we will not die.
O
LORD, you have appointed them to execute judgment;
O
Rock, you have ordained them to punish.
13
Your
eyes are too pure to look on evil;
you
cannot tolerate wrong.
Why
then do you tolerate the treacherous? [15]
Why
are you silent while the wicked
swallow
up those more righteous than themselves?
14
You
have made men like fish in the sea,
like
sea creatures that have no ruler.
15
The
wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,
he
catches them in his net,
he
gathers them up in his dragnet;
and
so he rejoices and is glad.
16
Therefore
he sacrifices to his net
and
burns incense to his dragnet,
for
by his net he lives in luxury
and
enjoys the choicest food.
17
Is
he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying
nations without mercy?
2
1
I will stand at my watch
and
station myself on the ramparts;
I
will look to see what he will say to me,
and
what answer I am to give to this complaint. A
2
Then
the LORD replied:
"Write down the revelation
and
make it plain on tablets [16]
so
that a herald B
may run with it.
3 For
the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it
speaks of the end
and
will not prove false.
Though
it linger, wait for it;
it
C
will certainly come and will not delay.
4 "See,
he is puffed up;
his
desires are not upright--
but
the righteous will live by his faith D--
5 indeed,
wine betrays him;
he
is arrogant and never at rest.
Because
he is as greedy as the grave E
and
like death is never satisfied,
he
gathers to himself all the nations
and
takes captive all the peoples.
6
"Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn,
saying,
"`Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and
makes himself wealthy by extortion!
How
long must this go on?'
7
Will
not your debtors F
suddenly arise?
Will
they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then
you will become their victim.
[17]
8 Because
you have plundered many nations,
the
peoples who are left will plunder you.
For
you have shed man's blood;
you
have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
9
"Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain
to
set his nest on high,
to
escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You
have plotted the ruin of many peoples,
shaming
your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The
stones of the wall will cry out,
and
the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
12
"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and
establishes a town by crime!
13 Has
not the LORD Almighty determined
that
the people's labor is only fuel for the fire,
that
the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
14 For
the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
as
the waters cover the sea.
15
"Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors,
pouring
it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so
that he can gaze on their naked bodies.
16 You
will be filled with shame instead of glory.
The
cup from the LORD's right hand is coming around to you,
and
disgrace will cover your glory.
17 The
violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and
your destruction of animals will terrify you.
For
you have shed man's blood;
you
have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
18
"Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it?
Or
an image that teaches lies?
For
he who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he
makes idols that cannot speak.
19
Woe
to him who says to wood, `Come to life!'
Or
to lifeless stone, `Wake up!'
Can
it give guidance?
It
is covered with gold and silver;
there
is no breath in it.
20 But
the LORD is in his holy temple;
let
all the earth be silent before him."
3
1
A
prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth. A
2
LORD,
I have heard of your fame;
I
stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD.
Renew
them in our day,
in
our time make them known; [19]
in
wrath remember mercy.
3
God
came from Teman,
the
Holy One from Mount Paran.
Selah
B
His
glory covered the heavens
and
his praise filled the earth.
4
His
splendor was like the sunrise;
rays
flashed from his hand,
where
his power was hidden.
5
Plague
went before him;
pestilence
followed his steps.
6
He
stood, and shook the earth;
he
looked, and made the nations tremble.
The
ancient mountains crumbled
and
the age-old hills collapsed.
His
ways are eternal.
7
I
saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
the
dwellings of Midian in anguish.
8
Were
you angry with the rivers, O LORD?
Was
your wrath against the streams?
Did
you rage against the sea
when
you rode with your horses
and
your victorious chariots?
9
You
uncovered your bow,
you
called for many arrows. [20]
Selah
You
split the earth with rivers;
10
the
mountains saw you and writhed.
Torrents
of water swept by;
the
deep roared
and
lifted its waves on high.
11
Sun
and moon stood still in the heavens
at
the glint of your flying arrows,
at
the lightning of your flashing spear.
12
In
wrath you strode through the earth
and
in anger you threshed the nations.
13
You
came out to deliver your people,
to
save your anointed one.
You
crushed the leader of the land of wickedness,
you
stripped him from head to foot.
Selah
14
With
his own spear you pierced his head
when
his warriors stormed out to scatter us,
gloating
as though about to devour
the
wretched who were in hiding.
15You
trampled the sea with your horses,
churning
the great waters. [21]
16
I
heard and my heart pounded,
my
lips quivered at the sound;
decay
crept into my bones,
and
my legs trembled.
Yet
I will wait patiently for the day of calamity
to
come on the nation invading us.
17
Though
the fig tree does not bud
and
there are no grapes on the vines,
though
the olive crop fails
and
the fields produce no food,
though
there are no sheep in the pen
and
no cattle in the stalls,
18
yet
I will rejoice in the LORD,
I
will be joyful in God my Savior.
19
The
Sovereign LORD is my strength;
he
makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he
enables me to go on the heights.
For
the director of music. On my stringed instruments. [22]
NEW
TESTAMENT: REVELATIONS 9:1 -
21
9
1
The
fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky
to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2
When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a
gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.
3 And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were
given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not
to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who
did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not
given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the
agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a
man. 6 During those days men will seek death, but will not find it;
they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7
The
locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore
something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8
Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.
9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of
their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into
battle. 10 They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their
tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had
as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and
in Greek, Apollyon. A
12
The
first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
13
The
sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns
B of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to
the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the
four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15
And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and
month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The
number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.
17
The
horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were
fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled
the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18
A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and
sulfur that came out of their mouths.
19
The
power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were
like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.
20
The
rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of
the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold,
silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21
Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual
immorality or their thefts. [23]
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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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