Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
FEBRUARY
9
PSALMS: 9, 39, 69, 99,
129
PROVERBS: 9
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 13:1 - 14:20
NEW
TESTAMENT: JOHN 1:29 - 51
PSALMS:
9
ForA
the director of music. To the tune of "The Death of the Son." A psalm of
David.
1
I
will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I
will tell of all your wonders.
2
I
will be glad and rejoice in you;
I
will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3
My
enemies turn back;
they
stumble and perish before you.
4
For
you have upheld my right and my cause;
you
have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
5
You
have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you
have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6
Endless
ruin has overtaken the enemy,
you
have uprooted their cities;
even
the memory of them has perished.
7
The
LORD reigns forever;
he
has established his throne for judgment.
8
He
will judge the world in righteousness;
he
will govern the peoples with justice.
9
The
LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,
a
stronghold in times of trouble.
10
Those
who know your name will trust in you,
for
you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
11
Sing
praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion;
proclaim
among the nations what he has done.
12
For
he who avenges blood remembers;
he
does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. [1]
13
O
LORD, see how my enemies persecute me!
Have
mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
14
that
I may declare your praises
in
the gates of the Daughter of Zion
and
there rejoice in your salvation.
15
The
nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;
their
feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16
The
LORD is known by his justice;
the
wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
Higgaion.
B
Selah
17
The
wicked return to the grave, C
all
the nations that forget God.
18
But
the needy will not always be forgotten,
nor
the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
19
Arise,
O LORD, let not man triumph;
let
the nations be judged in your presence.
20
Strike
them with terror, O LORD;
let
the nations know they are but men.
PSALMS: 39
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
I
said, "I will watch my ways
and
keep my tongue from sin;
I
will put a muzzle on my mouth
as
long as the wicked are in my presence."
2
But
when I was silent and still,
not
even saying anything good,
my
anguish increased.
3
My
heart grew hot within me,
and
as I meditated, the fire burned;
then
I spoke with my tongue:
4
"Show
me, O LORD, my life's end
and
the number of my days;
let
me know how fleeting is my life.
5
You
have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the
span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each
man's life is but a breath.
Selah
6
Man
is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He
bustles about, but only in vain;
he
heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
7
"But
now, Lord, what do I look for?
My
hope is in you.
8
Save
me from all my transgressions;
do
not make me the scorn of fools.
9
I
was silent; I would not open my mouth, [3]
for
you are the one who has done this.
10
Remove
your scourge from me;
I
am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11
You
rebuke and discipline men for their sin;
you
consume their wealth like a moth--
each
man is but a breath.
Selah
12
"Hear
my prayer, O LORD,
listen
to my cry for help;
be
not deaf to my weeping.
For
I dwell with you as an alien,
a
stranger, as all my fathers were.
13
Look
away from me, that I may rejoice again
before
I depart and am no more." [4]
PSALMS: 69
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of David.
1
Save
me, O God,
for
the waters have come up to my neck.
2
I
sink in the miry depths,
where
there is no foothold.
I
have come into the deep waters;
the
floods engulf me.
3
I
am worn out calling for help;
my
throat is parched.
My
eyes fail,
looking
for my God.
4
Those
who hate me without reason
outnumber
the hairs of my head;
many
are my enemies without cause,
those
who seek to destroy me.
I
am forced to restore
what
I did not steal.
5
You
know my folly, O God;
my
guilt is not hidden from you.
6
May
those who hope in you
not
be disgraced because of me,
O
Lord, the LORD Almighty;
may
those who seek you
not
be put to shame because of me,
O
God of Israel.
7
For
I endure scorn for your sake,
and
shame covers my face.
8
I
am a stranger to my brothers, [5]
an
alien to my own mother's sons;
9
for
zeal for your house consumes me,
and
the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
10
When
I weep and fast,
I
must endure scorn;
11
when
I put on sackcloth,
people
make sport of me.
12
Those
who sit at the gate mock me,
and
I am the song of the drunkards.
13
But
I pray to you, O LORD,
in
the time of your favor;
in
your great love, O God,
answer
me with your sure salvation.
14
Rescue
me from the mire,
do
not let me sink;
deliver
me from those who hate me,
from
the deep waters.
15
Do
not let the floodwaters engulf me
or
the depths swallow me up
or
the pit close its mouth over me.
16
Answer
me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love;
in
your great mercy turn to me.
17
Do
not hide your face from your servant;
answer
me quickly, for I am in trouble.
18
Come
near and rescue me;
redeem
me because of my foes.
19
You
know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;
all
my enemies are before you.
20
Scorn
has broken my heart [6]
and
has left me helpless;
I
looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for
comforters, but I found none.
21
They
put gall in my food
and
gave me vinegar for my thirst.
22
May
the table set before them become a snare;
may
it become retribution and A a trap.
23
May
their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and
their backs be bent forever.
24
Pour
out your wrath on them;
let
your fierce anger overtake them.
25
May
their place be deserted;
let
there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26
For
they persecute those you wound
and
talk about the pain of those you hurt.
27
Charge
them with crime upon crime;
do
not let them share in your salvation.
28
May
they be blotted out of the book of life
and
not be listed with the righteous.
29
I
am in pain and distress;
may
your salvation, O God, protect me.
30
I
will praise God's name in song
and
glorify him with thanksgiving.
31
This
will please the LORD more than an ox,
more
than a bull with its horns and hoofs.
32
The
poor will see and be glad--
you
who seek God, may your hearts live!
33
The
LORD hears the needy
and
does not despise his captive people. [7]
34
Let
heaven and earth praise him,
the
seas and all that move in them,
35
for
God will save Zion
and
rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then
people will settle there and possess it;
36
the
children of his servants will inherit it,
and
those who love his name will dwell there. [8]
PSALMS: 99
1
The
LORD reigns,
let
the nations tremble;
he
sits enthroned between the cherubim,
let
the earth shake.
2
Great
is the LORD in Zion;
he
is exalted over all the nations.
3
Let
them praise your great and awesome name--
he
is holy.
4
The
King is mighty, he loves justice--
you
have established equity;
in
Jacob you have done
what
is just and right.
5
Exalt
the LORD our God
and
worship at his footstool;
he
is holy.
6
Moses
and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel
was among those who called on his name;
they
called on the LORD
and
he answered them.
7
He
spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
they
kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8
O
LORD our God,
you
answered them;
you
were to Israel A a forgiving God,
though
you punished their misdeeds. B
9
Exalt
the LORD our God
and
worship at his holy mountain,
for
the LORD our God is holy. [9]
PSALMS: 129
A
song of ascents.
1
They
have greatly oppressed me from my youth--
let
Israel say--
2
they
have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
but
they have not gained the victory over me.
3
Plowmen
have plowed my back
and
made their furrows long.
4
But
the LORD is righteous;
he
has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.
5
May
all who hate Zion
be
turned back in shame.
6
May
they be like grass on the roof,
which
withers before it can grow;
7
with
it the reaper cannot fill his hands,
nor
the one who gathers fill his arms.
8
May
those who pass by not say,
"The
blessing of the LORD be upon you;
we
bless you in the name of the LORD." [10]
PROVERBS: 9
9
1
Wisdom has built her house;
she
has hewn out its seven pillars.
2
She
has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she
has also set her table.
3
She
has sent out her maids, and she calls
from
the highest point of the city.
4
"Let all who are simple come in
here!"
she
says to those who lack judgment.
5
"Come, eat my food
and
drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave
your simple ways and you will live;
walk
in the way of understanding.
7
"Whoever corrects a mocker invites
insult;
whoever
rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
8 Do
not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;
rebuke
a wise man and he will love you.
9 Instruct
a wise man and he will be wiser still;
teach
a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
10
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
wisdom,
and
knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For
through me your days will be many,
and
years will be added to your life.
12 If
you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if
you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
13
The
woman Folly is loud;
she
is undisciplined and without knowledge.
14
She
sits at the door of her house,
on
a seat at the highest point of the city,
15
calling
out to those who pass by,
who
go straight on their way.
16
"Let all who are simple come in here!" [11]
she
says to those who lack judgment.
17
"Stolen water is sweet;
food
eaten in secret is delicious!"
18
But
little do they know that the dead are there,
that
her guests are in the depths of the grave. A [12]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 13:1 - 14:20
13
1
Again
the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into
the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
2
A
certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who
was sterile and remained childless. 3 The angel of the LORD appeared
to her and said, "You are sterile and childless, but
you are going to conceive and have a son. 4 Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented
drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, 5 because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor
may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God
from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the
Philistines."
6
Then
the woman went to her husband and told him, "A man of God came to me. He looked
like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he
didn't tell me his name. 7 But he said to me, `You will conceive and give birth to a son. Now then, drink
no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the
boy will be a Nazirite of God from birth until the day of his death.'"
8
Then
Manoah prayed to the LORD: "O Lord, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us
come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born."
9
God
heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was out in
the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her. 10 The woman
hurried to tell her husband, "He's here! The man who appeared to me the other
day!"
11Manoah
got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, "Are you the one
who talked to my wife?" [13]
"I am," he said.
12
So
Manoah asked him, "When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule for the
boy's life and work?"
13
The
angel of the LORD answered, "Your wife must do all
that I have told her. 14 She must
not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other
fermented drink nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have
commanded her."
15
Manoah
said to the angel of the LORD, "We would like you to stay until we prepare a
young goat for you."
16
The
angel of the LORD replied, "Even though you detain me,
I will not eat any of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it
to the LORD." (Manoah did not realize that it was the angel of the LORD.)
17
Then
Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we may
honor you when your word comes true?"
18
He
replied, "Why do you ask my name? It is beyond
understanding. A" 19 Then Manoah took a young goat,
together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock to the LORD. And
the LORD did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched:
20
As
the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended
in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the
ground. 21 When the angel of the LORD did not show himself again to
Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the angel of the LORD.
22
"We
are doomed to die!" he said to his wife. "We have seen God!" [14]
23 But his wife answered, "If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would
not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown
us all these things or now told us this."
24
The
woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed
him, 25 and the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he was in
Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
14
1
Samson
went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. 2 When he
returned, he said to his father and mother, "I have seen a Philistine woman in
Timnah; now get her for me as my wife."
3
His
father and mother replied, "Isn't there an acceptable woman among your relatives
or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a
wife?"
But
Samson said to his father, "Get her for me. She's the right one for me." 4
(His parents did not know that this was from the LORD, who was seeking an
occasion to confront the Philistines; for at that time they were ruling over
Israel.) 5 Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and
mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came
roaring toward him. 6 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power
so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young
goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done. 7
Then he went down and talked with the woman, and he liked her. [15]
8 Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to
look at the lion's carcass. In it was a swarm of bees and some honey, 9
which he scooped out with his hands and ate as he went along. When he
rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not
tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion's carcass.
10
Now
his father went down to see the woman. And Samson made a feast there, as was
customary for bridegrooms. 11 When he appeared, he was given thirty
companions.
12
"Let
me tell you a riddle," Samson said to them. "If you can give me the answer
within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and
thirty sets of clothes. 13 If you can't tell me the answer, you must
give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes."
"Tell
us your riddle," they said. "Let's hear it."
14
He
replied,
"Out
of the eater, something to eat;
out
of the strong, something sweet."
For
three days they could not give the answer.
15
On
the fourth A day, they said to Samson's wife, "Coax your husband into
explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father's household to
death. Did you invite us here to rob us?"
16
Then
Samson's wife threw herself on him, sobbing, "You hate me! You don't really love
me. You've given my people a riddle, but you haven't told me the answer."
"I
haven't even explained it to my father or mother," he replied, [16]
days of the feast. So on the seventh day he finally told her, because she
continued to press him. She in turn explained the riddle to her people.
18
Before
sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him,
"What
is sweeter than honey?
What
is stronger than a lion?"
Samson
said to them,
"If
you had not plowed with my heifer,
you
would not have solved my riddle."
19
Then
the Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power. He went down to Ashkelon, struck
down thirty of their men, stripped them of their belongings and gave their
clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he went up to
his father's house. 20 And Samson's wife was given to the friend who
had attended him at his wedding. [17]
NEW
TESTAMENT: JOHN 1:29 - 51
29
The
next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who
takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I
said, `A man who comes after me has surpassed me
because he was before me.' 31 I myself did not know him, but
the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel."
32
Then
John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and
remain on him. 33 I would not have known him, except that the one who
sent me to baptize with water told me, `The man on
whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the
Holy Spirit.' 34 I have seen and I testify that this is the
Son of God."
35
The
next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he
saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
37
When
the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning
around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"
They
said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
39
"Come," he replied, "and you
will see."
So
they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was
about the tenth hour.
40
Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who
had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his
brother Simon and tell him, "We have [18]
found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to
Jesus.
Jesus
looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John.
You will be called Cephas" (which, when translated, is Peter
J).
43
The
next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him,
"Follow me."
44
Philip,
like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip
found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the
Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of
Joseph."
46
"Nazareth!
Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael asked.
"Come
and see," said Philip.
47
When
Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here
is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false."
48
"How
do you know me?" Nathanael asked.
Jesus
answered, "I saw you while you were still under the
fig tree before Philip called you."
49
Then
Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."
50
Jesus
said, "You believe K because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall
see greater things than that."
51
He
then added, "I tell you L the truth, you M shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and
descending on the Son of Man." [19]
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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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