Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JUNE
2
PSALMS: 2, 32,
62, 92, 122
PROVERBS: 2
OLD TESTAMENT: JOB 4:1 - 7:21
NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 14:18 - 40
PSALMS: 2
1 Why
do the nations conspire A
and
the peoples plot in vain?
2 The
kings of the earth take their stand
and
the rulers gather together
against
the LORD
and
against his Anointed One. B
3 "Let
us break their chains," they say,
"and
throw off their fetters."
4 The
One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the
Lord scoffs at them.
5 Then
he rebukes them in his anger
and
terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6 "I have installed my King C
on Zion, my holy hill."
7 I
will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
He
said to me, "You are my Son D;
today I have become your Father. E
8 Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You will rule them with an iron scepter F;
you will dash them to pieces like pottery."
10 Therefore,
you kings, be wise;
be
warned, you rulers of the earth.
11 Serve
the LORD with fear
and
rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss
the Son, lest he be angry
and
you be destroyed in your way,
for
his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed
are all who take refuge in him. [1]
PSALMS: 32
Of
David. A maskil. A
1 Blessed
is he
whose
transgressions are forgiven,
whose
sins are covered.
2 Blessed
is the man
whose
sin the LORD does not count against him
and
in whose spirit is no deceit.
3 When
I kept silent,
my
bones wasted away
through
my groaning all day long.
4 For
day and night
your
hand was heavy upon me;
my
strength was sapped
as
in the heat of summer.
Selah
5 Then
I acknowledged my sin to you
and
did not cover up my iniquity.
I
said, "I will confess
my
transgressions to the LORD"--
and
you forgave
the
guilt of my sin.
Selah
6 Therefore
let everyone who is godly pray to you
while
you may be found;
surely
when the mighty waters rise,
they
will not reach him.
7 You
are my hiding place; [2]
you
will protect me from trouble
and
surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah
8 I will
instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I
will counsel you and watch over you.
9 Do
not be like the horse or the mule,
which
have no understanding
but
must be controlled by bit and bridle
or
they will not come to you.
10 Many
are the woes of the wicked,
but
the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds
the man who trusts in him.
11 Rejoice
in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing,
all you who are upright in heart! [3]
PSALMS: 62
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1 My
soul finds rest in God alone;
my
salvation comes from him.
2 He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3 How
long will you assault a man?
Would
all of you throw him down--
this
leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4 They
fully intend to topple him
from
his lofty place;
they
take delight in lies.
With
their mouths they bless,
but
in their hearts they curse.
Selah
5 Find
rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my
hope comes from him.
6 He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My
salvation and my honor depend on God A;
he
is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust
in him at all times, O people;
pour
out your hearts to him,
for
God is our refuge.
Selah
9 Lowborn
men are but a breath, [4]
the
highborn are but a lie;
if
weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together
they are only a breath.
10 Do
not trust in extortion
or
take pride in stolen goods;
though
your riches increase,
do
not set your heart on them.
11 One
thing God has spoken,
two
things have I heard:
that
you, O God, are strong,
12 and
that you, O Lord, are loving.
Surely
you will reward each person
according
to what he has done. [5]
PSALMS: 92
A
psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1 It
is good to praise the LORD
and
make music to your name, O Most High,
2 to
proclaim your love in the morning
and
your faithfulness at night,
3 to
the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and
the melody of the harp.
4 For
you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
I
sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5 How
great are your works, O LORD,
how
profound your thoughts!
6 The
senseless man does not know,
fools
do not understand,
7 that
though the wicked spring up like grass
and
all evildoers flourish,
they
will be forever destroyed.
8 But
you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
9 For
surely your enemies, O LORD,
surely
your enemies will perish;
all
evildoers will be scattered.
10 You
have exalted my horn A like that of a wild ox;
fine
oils have been poured upon me.
11 My
eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my
ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12 The
righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they
will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted
in the house of the LORD, [6]
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They
will still bear fruit in old age,
they
will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming,
"The LORD is upright;
he
is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." [7]
PSALMS: 122
A
song of ascents. Of David.
1 I
rejoiced with those who said to me,
"Let us go to the house of the LORD."
2 Our
feet are standing
in
your gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem
is built like a city
that
is closely compacted together.
4 That
is where the tribes go up,
the
tribes of the LORD,
to
praise the name of the LORD
according
to the statute given to Israel.
5 There
the thrones for judgment stand,
the
thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you be secure.
7 May there be peace
within your walls
and security within your citadels."
8 For the sake of my brothers and friends,
I will say, "Peace be within you."
9 For
the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I
will seek your prosperity. [8]
PROVERBS: 2
2 1 My son, if you accept my words
and
store up my commands within you,
2 turning
your ear to wisdom
and
applying your heart to understanding,
3 and
if you call out for insight
and
cry aloud for understanding,
4 and
if you look for it as for silver
and
search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then
you will understand the fear of the LORD
and
find the knowledge of God.
6 For
the LORD gives wisdom,
and
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He
holds victory in store for the upright,
he
is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 for
he guards the course of the just
and
protects the way of his faithful ones.
9 Then
you will understand what is right and just
and
fair--every good path.
10 For
wisdom will enter your heart,
and
knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion
will protect you,
and
understanding will guard you.
12 Wisdom
will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from
men whose words are perverse,
13 who
leave the straight paths
to
walk in dark ways,
14 who
delight in doing wrong
and
rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15 whose
paths are crooked
and
who are devious in their ways.
16 It
will save you also from the adulteress,
from
the wayward wife with her seductive words [9]
17 who
has left the partner of her youth
and
ignored the covenant she made before God. A
18 For
her house leads down to death
and
her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19 None
who go to her return
or
attain the paths of life.
20 Thus
you will walk in the ways of good men
and
keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For
the upright will live in the land,
and
the blameless will remain in it;
22 but
the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and
the unfaithful will be torn from it. [10]
OLD TESTAMENT: JOB 4:1 - 7:21
4 1 Then
Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 "If someone ventures a word with
you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from
speaking?
3 Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened
feeble hands.
4 Your words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened
faltering knees.
5 But now trouble comes to you, and you
are discouraged;
it strikes you, and you
are dismayed.
6 Should not your piety be your
confidence
and your blameless ways
your hope?
7 "Consider now: Who, being
innocent, has ever perished?
Where were the upright
ever destroyed?
8 As I have observed, those who plow
evil
and those who sow trouble
reap it.
9 At the breath of God they are
destroyed;
at the blast of his anger
they perish.
10 The lions may roar and growl,
yet the teeth of the great
lions are broken.
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the
lioness are scattered.
12 "A word was secretly brought to
me,
my ears caught a whisper
of it. [11]
13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on
men,
14 fear and trembling seized me
and made all my bones
shake.
15 A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body
stood on end.
16 It stopped,
but I could not tell what
it was.
A form stood before my
eyes,
and I heard a hushed
voice:
17 `Can a mortal be more righteous than
God?
Can a man be more pure
than his Maker?
18 If God places no trust in his
servants,
if he charges his angels
with error,
19 how much more those who live in houses
of clay,
whose foundations are in
the dust,
who are crushed more
readily than a moth!
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken
to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish
forever.
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled
up,
so that they die without
wisdom?' A
5 1 "Call
if you will, but who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones
will you turn?
2 Resentment kills a fool, [12]
and envy slays the simple.
3 I myself have seen a fool taking root,
but suddenly his house was
cursed.
4 His children are far from safety,
crushed in court without a
defender.
5 The hungry consume his harvest,
taking it even from among
thorns,
and the thirsty pant after
his wealth.
6 For hardship does not spring from the
soil,
nor does trouble sprout
from the ground.
7 Yet man is born to trouble
as surely as sparks fly
upward.
8 "But if it were I, I would appeal
to God;
I would lay my cause
before him.
9 He performs wonders that cannot be
fathomed,
miracles that cannot be
counted.
10 He bestows rain on the earth;
he sends water upon the
countryside.
11 The lowly he sets on high,
and those who mourn are
lifted to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty,
so that their hands
achieve no success.
13 He catches the wise in their
craftiness,
and the schemes of the
wily are swept away.
14 Darkness comes upon them in the
daytime; [13]
at noon they grope as in
the night.
15 He saves the needy from the sword in
their mouth;
he saves them from the
clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its
mouth.
17 "Blessed is the man whom God
corrects;
so do not despise the
discipline of the Almighty. A
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;
he injures, but his hands
also heal.
19 From six calamities he will rescue
you;
in seven no harm will
befall you.
20 In famine he will ransom you from
death,
and in battle from the
stroke of the sword.
21 You will be protected from the lash of
the tongue,
and need not fear when
destruction comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and
famine,
and need not fear the
beasts of the earth.
23 For you will have a covenant with the
stones of the field,
and the wild animals will
be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is
secure;
you will take stock of
your property and find nothing missing.
25 You will know that your children will
be many,
and your descendants like
the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to the grave in full
vigor, [14]
like sheaves gathered in
season.
27 "We have examined this, and it is
true.
So hear it and apply it to
yourself."
6 1 Then
Job replied:
2 "If only my anguish could be
weighed
and all my misery be
placed on the scales!
3 It would surely outweigh the sand of
the seas--
no wonder my words have
been impetuous.
4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me,
my spirit drinks in their
poison;
God's terrors are
marshaled against me.
5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has
grass,
or an ox bellow when it
has fodder?
6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
or is there flavor in the
white of an egg A?
7 I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.
8 "Oh, that I might have my
request,
that God would grant what
I hope for, [15]
9 that God would be willing to crush me,
to let loose his hand and
cut me off!
10 Then I would still have this
consolation--
my joy in unrelenting
pain--
that I had not denied the
words of the Holy One.
11 "What strength do I have, that I
should still hope?
What prospects, that I
should be patient?
12 Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?
13 Do I have any power to help myself,
now that success has been
driven from me?
14 "A despairing man should have the
devotion of his friends,
even though he forsakes
the fear of the Almighty.
15 But my brothers are as undependable as
intermittent streams,
as the streams that
overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting
snow,
17 but that cease to flow in the dry
season,
and in the heat vanish
from their channels.
18 Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go up into the
wasteland and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema look for water,
the traveling merchants of
Sheba look in hope.
20 They are distressed, because they had
been confident;
they arrive there, only to
be disappointed. [16]
21 Now you too have proved to be of no
help;
you see something dreadful
and are afraid.
22 Have I ever said, `Give something on
my behalf,
pay a ransom for me from
your wealth,
23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
ransom me from the
clutches of the ruthless'?
24 "Teach me, and I will be quiet;
show me where I have been
wrong.
25 How painful are honest words!
But what do your arguments
prove?
26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat the words of a
despairing man as wind?
27 You would even cast lots for the
fatherless
and barter away your
friend.
28 "But now be so kind as to look at
me.
Would I lie to your face?
29 Relent, do not be unjust;
reconsider, for my
integrity is at stake. B
30 Is there any wickedness on my lips?
Can my mouth not discern
malice?
7 1 "Does not man have hard service on earth?
Are not his days like
those of a hired man? [17]
2 Like a slave longing for the evening
shadows,
or a hired man waiting
eagerly for his wages,
3 so I have been allotted months of
futility,
and nights of misery have
been assigned to me.
4 When I lie down I think, `How long
before I get up?'
The night drags on, and I
toss till dawn.
5 My body is clothed with worms and
scabs,
my skin is broken and
festering.
6 "My days are swifter than a
weaver's shuttle,
and they come to an end
without hope.
7 Remember, O God, that my life is but a
breath;
my eyes will never see
happiness again.
8 The eye that now sees me will see me
no longer;
you will look for me, but
I will be no more.
9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
so he who goes down to the
grave A does not return.
10 He will never come to his house again;
his place will know him no
more.
11 "Therefore I will not keep
silent;
I will speak out in the
anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the
bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the
deep,
that you put me under
guard?
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my
complaint, [18]
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with
visions,
15 so that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of
mine.
16 I despise my life; I would not live
forever.
Let me alone; my days have
no meaning.
17 "What is man that you make so
much of him,
that you give him so much
attention,
18 that you examine him every morning
and test him every moment?
19 Will you never look away from me,
or let me alone even for
an instant?
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to
you,
O watcher of men?
Why have you made me your
target?
Have I become a burden to
you? B
21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
and forgive my sins?
For I will soon lie down
in the dust;
you will search for me,
but I will be no more." [19]
NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 14:18 - 40
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues
more than all of you. 19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words
to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20 Brothers, stop thinking like children.
In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults. 21 In the Law
it is written:
"Through men of strange tongues
and through the
lips of foreigners
I will speak to
this people,
but even then
they will not listen to me," F
says the Lord.
22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for
believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is for believers, not for
unbelievers. 23
So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues,
and some who do not understand G or some
unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 24 But if an
unbeliever or someone who does not understand H comes in while everybody is prophesying, he
will be convinced by all that he is a sinner and will be judged by all, 25 and the
secrets of his heart will be laid bare. So he will fall down and worship God,
exclaiming, "God is really among you!"
26 What then shall we say, brothers? When
you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation,
a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening
of the church. 27
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two--or at the most three--should speak,
one at a time, and someone must interpret. 28 If there is no interpreter, the
speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God.
29 Two or three prophets should speak,
and the others should weigh carefully what is said. 30 And if a revelation comes to someone
who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. 31 For you can all prophesy in turn so
that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. 32 The spirits of prophets are subject
to the control of prophets. 33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.
As in all the
congregations of the saints, 34 women should remain silent in the churches.
They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. 35 If they
want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home;
for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
36 Did the word of God originate with
you? Or are you the only people it has reached? 37 If anybody thinks he is a prophet or
spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the
Lord's command. 38
If he ignores this, he himself will be ignored. I [20]
39 Therefore, my brothers, be eager to
prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 40 But everything should be done in a
fitting and orderly way. [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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