Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
22
PSALMS: 22,
52, 82, 112, 142
PROVERBS: 22
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 32:1 - 33:23
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 26:69 -
27:14
PSALMS: 22
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of
David.
1
My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why
are you so far from saving me,
so
far from the words of my groaning?
2
O
my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by
night, and am not silent.
3
Yet
you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you
are the praise of Israel. A
4
In
you our fathers put their trust;
they
trusted and you delivered them.
5
They
cried to you and were saved;
in
you they trusted and were not disappointed.
6
But
I am a worm and not a man,
scorned
by men and despised by the people.
7
All
who see me mock me;
they
hurl insults, shaking their heads:
8
"He
trusts in the LORD;
let
the LORD rescue him.
Let
him deliver him,
since
he delights in him."
9
Yet
you brought me out of the womb;
you
made me trust in you
even
at my mother's breast.
10
From
birth I was cast upon you;
from
my mother's womb you have been my God. [1]
11
Do
not be far from me,
for
trouble is near
and
there is no one to help.
12
Many
bulls surround me;
strong
bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13
Roaring
lions tearing their prey
open
their mouths wide against me.
14
I
am poured out like water,
and
all my bones are out of joint.
My
heart has turned to wax;
it
has melted away within me.
15
My
strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you
lay me B in the dust of death.
16
Dogs
have surrounded me;
a
band of evil men has encircled me,
they
have pierced C my hands and my feet.
17
I
can count all my bones;
people
stare and gloat over me.
18
They
divide my garments among them
and
cast lots for my clothing.
19
But
you, O LORD, be not far off;
O
my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20
Deliver
my life from the sword,
my
precious life from the power of the dogs.
21
Rescue
me from the mouth of the lions;
save
D me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22
I
will declare your name to my brothers;
in
the congregation I will praise you.
23
You
who fear the LORD, praise him!
All
you descendants of Jacob, honor him! [2]
Revere
him, all you descendants of Israel!
24
For
he has not despised or disdained
the
suffering of the afflicted one;
he
has not hidden his face from him
but
has listened to his cry for help.
25
From
you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before
those who fear you E will I fulfill my vows.
26
The
poor will eat and be satisfied;
they
who seek the LORD will praise him--
may
your hearts live forever!
27
All
the ends of the earth
will
remember and turn to the LORD,
and
all the families of the nations
will
bow down before him,
28
for
dominion belongs to the LORD
and
he rules over the nations.
29
All
the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all
who go down to the dust will kneel before him--
those
who cannot keep themselves alive.
30
Posterity
will serve him;
future
generations will be told about the Lord.
31
They
will proclaim his righteousness
to
a people yet unborn--
for
he has done it. [3]
PSALMS: 52
For
the director of music. A maskil A of David. When Doeg the
Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of
Ahimelech."
1
Why
do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why
do you boast all day long,
you
who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2
Your
tongue plots destruction;
it
is like a sharpened razor,
you
who practice deceit.
3
You
love evil rather than good,
falsehood
rather than speaking the truth.
Selah
4
You
love every harmful word,
O
you deceitful tongue!
5
Surely
God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He
will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he
will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
6
The
righteous will see and fear;
they
will laugh at him, saying,
7
"Here
now is the man
who
did not make God his stronghold
but
trusted in his great wealth
and
grew strong by destroying others!"
8
But
I am like an olive tree
flourishing
in the house of God;
I
trust in God's unfailing love
for
ever and ever.
9
I
will praise you forever for what you have done; [4]
in
your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I
will praise you in the presence of your saints. [5]
PSALMS: 82
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
God
presides in the great assembly;
he
gives judgment among the "gods":
2
"How long will you A defend the unjust
and
show partiality to the wicked?
Selah
3
Defend
the cause of the weak and fatherless;
maintain
the rights of the poor and oppressed.
4 Rescue
the weak and needy;
deliver
them from the hand of the wicked.
5
"They know nothing, they understand
nothing.
They
walk about in darkness;
all
the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6
"I said, `You are "gods";
you
are all sons of the Most High.'
7 But
you will die like mere men;
you
will fall like every other ruler."
8 Rise
up, O God, judge the earth,
for
all the nations are your inheritance.
[6]
PSALMS: 112
1
Praise
A the LORD. B
Blessed
is the man who fears the LORD,
who
finds great delight in his commands.
2
His
children will be mighty in the land;
the
generation of the upright will be blessed.
3
Wealth
and riches are in his house,
and
his righteousness endures forever.
4
Even
in darkness light dawns for the upright,
for
the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.
C
5
Good
will come to him who is generous and lends freely,
who
conducts his affairs with justice.
6
Surely
he will never be shaken;
a
righteous man will be remembered forever.
7
He
will have no fear of bad news;
his
heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
8
His
heart is secure, he will have no fear;
in
the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
9
He
has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor,
his
righteousness endures forever;
his
horn D will be lifted high in honor.
10
The
wicked man will see and be vexed,
he
will gnash his teeth and waste away;
the
longings of the wicked will come to nothing. [7]
PSALMS: 142
A
maskil A of David. When he was in the cave. A
prayer.
1
I
cry aloud to the LORD;
I
lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2
I
pour out my complaint before him;
before
him I tell my trouble.
3
When
my spirit grows faint within me,
it
is you who know my way.
In
the path where I walk
men
have hidden a snare for me.
4
Look
to my right and see;
no
one is concerned for me.
I
have no refuge;
no
one cares for my life.
5
I
cry to you, O LORD;
I
say, "You are my refuge,
my
portion in the land of the living."
6
Listen
to my cry,
for
I am in desperate need;
rescue
me from those who pursue me,
for
they are too strong for me.
7
Set
me free from my prison,
that
I may praise your name.
Then
the righteous will gather about me
because
of your goodness to me. [8]
PROVERBS: 22
22
1
A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to
be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
2
Rich
and poor have this in common:
The
LORD is the Maker of them all.
3
A
prudent man sees danger and takes refuge,
but
the simple keep going and suffer for it.
4
Humility
and the fear of the LORD
bring
wealth and honor and life.
5
In
the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares,
but
he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6
Train
A a child in the way he should go,
and
when he is old he will not turn from it.
7
The
rich rule over the poor,
and
the borrower is servant to the lender.
8
He
who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and
the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9
A
generous man will himself be blessed,
for
he shares his food with the poor.
10
Drive
out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels
and insults are ended.
11
He
who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious
will
have the king for his friend. [9]
12
The
eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge,
but
he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13
The
sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!"
or,
"I will be murdered in the streets!"
14
The
mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;
he
who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
15
Folly
is bound up in the heart of a child,
but
the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
16
He
who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and
he who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.
17
Pay
attention and listen to the sayings of the wise;
apply
your heart to what I teach,
18
for
it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and
have all of them ready on your lips.
19
So
that your trust may be in the LORD,
I
teach you today, even you.
20
Have
I not written thirty B sayings for you,
sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
21
teaching
you true and reliable words,
so
that you can give sound answers
to
him who sent you?
22
Do
not exploit the poor because they are poor
and
do not crush the needy in court,
23
for
the LORD will take up their case
and
will plunder those who plunder them. [10]
24
Do
not make friends with a hot-tempered man,
do
not associate with one easily angered,
25
or
you may learn his ways
and
get yourself ensnared.
26
Do
not be a man who strikes hands in pledge
or
puts up security for debts;
27
if
you lack the means to pay,
your
very bed will be snatched from under you.
28
Do
not move an ancient boundary stone
set
up by your forefathers.
29
Do
you see a man skilled in his work?
He
will serve before kings;
he
will not serve before obscure men. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 32:1 - 33:23
32
1
When
the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they
gathered around Aaron and said, "Come, make us gods A who will go
before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't
know what has happened to him."
2
Aaron
answered them, "Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your
daughters are wearing, and bring them to me." 3 So all the people
took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what
they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning
it with a tool. Then they said, "These are your gods, B O Israel, who
brought you up out of Egypt."
5
When
Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, "Tomorrow
there will be a festival to the LORD." 6 So the next day the people
rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings.
C Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in
revelry.
7
Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people,
whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded
them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have
bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, `These are your gods, O
Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.'
9
"I have seen these people," the LORD said to Moses,
"and they are a stiff-necked people.
10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may
burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great
nation."
11
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. "O LORD," he said, "why should
your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great
power and a mighty hand?
12 Why should the Egyptians say, `It was
with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to
wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do
not bring disaster on your people.
13
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own
self: `I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I
will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their
inheritance forever.'"
14 Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the
disaster he had threatened.
15
Moses
turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his
hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. 16 The
tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on
the tablets.
17
When
Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, "There is the
sound of war in the camp."
18
Moses
replied:
"It
is not the sound of victory, [12]
it
is not the sound of defeat;
it
is the sound of singing that I hear."
19
When
Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and
he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of
the mountain. 20 And he took the calf they had made and burned it in
the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the
Israelites drink it.
21
He
said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you led them into such
great sin?"
22
"Do
not be angry, my lord," Aaron answered. "You know how prone these people are to
evil. 23 They said to me, `Make us gods who will go before us. As for
this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what has
happened to him.' 24 So I told them, `Whoever has any gold jewelry,
take it off.' Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out
came this calf!"
25
Moses
saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of
control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. 26So he stood
at the entrance to the camp and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me." And
all the Levites rallied to him.
27
Then
he said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of
Israel, says: `Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the
camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and
neighbor.' "
28
The
Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people
died. 29 Then Moses said, "You have been set apart to the LORD today,
for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this
day."
30
The
next day Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. But now I
will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."
31
So
Moses went back to the LORD and said, "Oh, what a great sin these people have
committed! They have made themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, please
forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written."
33
The
LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me
I will blot out of my book. 34 Now
go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you.
However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their
sin."
35
And
the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf
Aaron had made. [13]
33
1
Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and the
people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, `I will give it to your descendants.'
2 I will send an angel before you and drive
out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and
Jebusites. 3 Go up to the land
flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a
stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way."
4
When
the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on
any ornaments. 5 For the LORD had said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, `You are a stiff-necked people. If I
were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your
ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.'" 6 So the
Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.
7
Now
Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away,
calling it the "tent of meeting." Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the
tent of meeting outside the camp. 8 And whenever Moses went out to
the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents,
watching Moses until he entered the tent. 9 As Moses went into the
tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the
LORD spoke with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud
standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the
entrance to his tent. 11 The LORD would speak to Moses face to face,
as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his
young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
12
Moses
said to the LORD, "You have been telling me, `Lead these people,' but you have
not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, `I know you by name
and you have found favor with me.' 13 If you are pleased with me,
teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you.
Remember that this nation is your people."
14
The
LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I
will give you rest."
15
Then
Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from
here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with
your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people
from all the other people on the face of the earth?"
17
And
the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you
have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."
18
Then
Moses said, "Now show me your glory."
19
And
the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass
in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will
have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion. 20But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for no one
may see me and live."
21
Then
the LORD said, "There is a place near me where you may
stand on a rock.
22 When
my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my
hand until I have passed by.
23 Then I will remove my hand and you will
see my back; but my face must not be seen." [14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 26:69 -
27:14
69
Now
Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. "You
also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said.
70
But
he denied it before them all. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said.
71
Then
he went out to the gateway, where another girl saw him and said to the people
there, "This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth."
72
He
denied it again, with an oath: "I don't know the man!"
73
After
a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, "Surely you are
one of them, for your accent gives you away."
74
Then
he began to call down curses on himelf and he swore to them, "I don't know the
man!"
Immediately
a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken:
"Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three
times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.
27
1
Early
in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the
decision to put Jesus to death. 2 They bound him, led him away and
handed him over to Pilate, the governor.
3
When
Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with
remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the
elders. 4 "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent
blood."
"What
is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility." [15]
5
So
Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged
himself.
6
The
chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this
into the treasury, since it is blood money." 7 So they decided to use
the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. 8
That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9
Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the
thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10
and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."
A
11
Meanwhile
Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king
of the Jews?"
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
12
When
he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13
Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing
against you?" 14 But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single
charge--to the great amazement of the governor. [16]
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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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