Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
FEBRUARY
8
PSALMS: 8, 38, 68, 98,
128
PROVERBS: 8
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 11:1 - 12:15
NEW
TESTAMENT: JOHN 1:1 - 28
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: JUDGES 11:1 - 12:15
11
1
Jephthah
the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a
prostitute. 2 Gilead's wife also bore him sons, and when they were
grown up, they drove Jephthah away. "You are not going to get any inheritance in
our family," they said, "because you are the son of another woman." 3
So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where a
group of adventurers gathered around him and followed him.
4
Some
time later, when the Ammonites made war on Israel, 5 the elders of
Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6 "Come," they
said, "be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites."
7
Jephthah
said to them, "Didn't you hate me and drive me from my father's house? Why do
you come to me now, when you're in trouble?"
8
The
elders of Gilead said to him, "Nevertheless, we are turning to you now; come
with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all who live in
Gilead."
9
Jephthah
answered, "Suppose you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives
them to me--will I really be your head?"
10
The
elders of Gilead replied, "The LORD is our witness; we will certainly do as you
say." 11 So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people
made him head and commander over them. And he repeated all his words before the
LORD in Mizpah.
12
Then
Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king with the [14]
question: "What do you have against us that you have attacked our country?"
13
The
king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah's messengers, "When Israel came up out
of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, all the way to
the Jordan. Now give it back peaceably."
14
Jephthah
sent back messengers to the Ammonite king, 15 saying:
"This
is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the
Ammonites. 16 But when they came up out of Egypt, Israel went through
the desert to the Red Sea A and on to Kadesh. 17 Then
Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, `Give us permission to go
through your country,' but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to
the king of Moab, and he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
18
"Next
they traveled through the desert, skirted the lands of Edom and Moab, passed
along the eastern side of the country of Moab, and camped on the other side of
the Arnon. They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was its
border.
19
"Then
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and
said to him, `Let us pass through your country to our own place.' 20
Sihon, however, did not trust Israel B to pass through his
territory. He mustered all his men and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.
21
"Then
the LORD, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his men into Israel's hands, and
they defeated them. Israel took over all the [15]
land of the Amorites who lived in that country, 22 capturing all of
it from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the desert to the Jordan.
23
"Now
since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites out before his people
Israel, what right have you to take it over? 24 Will you not take
what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the LORD our God has given
us, we will possess. 25 Are you better than Balak son of Zippor, king
of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or fight with them? 26 For
three hundred years Israel occupied Heshbon, Aroer, the surrounding settlements
and all the towns along the Arnon. Why didn't you retake them during that time?
27 I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war
against me. Let the LORD, the Judge, C decide the dispute this day
between the Israelites and the Ammonites."
28
The
king of Ammon, however, paid no attention to the message Jephthah sent him.
29
Then
the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh,
passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the
Ammonites. 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD: "If you give the
Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my
house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD's,
and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering."
32
Then
Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into his
hands. 33 He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of
Minnith, as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon. [16]
34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out
to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of tambourines! She was an
only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.
35
When
he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, "Oh! My daughter! You have made me
miserable and wretched, because I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot
break."
36
"My
father," she replied, "you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me just as
you promised, now that the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.
37
But
grant me this one request," she said. "Give me two months to roam the hills and
weep with my friends, because I will never marry."
38
"You
may go," he said. And he let her go for two months. She and the girls went into
the hills and wept because she would never marry. 39 After the two
months, she returned to her father and he did to her as he had vowed. And she
was a virgin.
From
this comes the Israelite custom 40 that each year the young women of
Israel go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the
Gileadite.
12
1
The
men of Ephraim called out their forces, crossed over to Zaphon and said to
Jephthah, "Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with
you? We're going to burn down your house over your head." [17]
2 Jephthah answered, "I and my people were engaged in a great
struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn't save me out of
their hands. 3 When I saw that you wouldn't help, I took my life in
my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave me the
victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?"
4
Jephthah
then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The
Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites
are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh." 5 The Gileadites captured
the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim
said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?"
If he replied, "No," 6 they said, "All right, say `Shibboleth.' " If
he said, "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they
seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand
Ephraimites were killed at that time.
7
Jephthah
led A Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was
buried in a town in Gilead.
8
After
him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel. 9 He had thirty sons and thirty
daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and
for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan.
Ibzan led Israel seven years. 10 Then Ibzan died, and was buried in
Bethlehem.
11
After
him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel ten years. 12 Then Elon died, and
was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13
After
him, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel. 14 He [18]
had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel
eight years. 15 Then Abdon son of Hillel died, and was buried at
Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. [19]
NEW
TESTAMENT: JOHN 1:1 - 28
1
1
In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3
Through
him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood
A it.
6
There
came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7 He came as a
witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might
believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to
the light. 9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming
into the world. B
10
He
was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not
recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did
not receive him. 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—13
children born not of natural descent, C nor of human decision
or a husband's will, but born of God.
14
The
Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
glory of the One and Only, D who came from the Father, full of grace
and truth.
15
John
testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This was he of whom I said,
`He who comes after me has surpassed me because he
was before me.'" 16 From the fullness of his grace we have all
received one blessing after another. 17 For the law was given through
Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. [20]
18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, EF
who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
19Now
this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to
ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed
freely, "I am not the Christ. G"
21
They
asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"
He
said, "I am not."
"Are
you the Prophet?"
He
answered, "No."
22
Finally
they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us.
What do you say about yourself?"
23
John
replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am
the voice of one calling in the desert, `Make straight the way for the
Lord.'" H
24
Now
some Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, "Why then do you
baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
26
"I
baptize with I water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do
not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose
sandals I am not worthy to untie."
28
This
all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was
baptizing. [21]
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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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