Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
SEPTEMBER
30
PSALMS:
30, 60, 90, 120, 150
OLD
TESTAMENT:
HAGGAI 1:1 - 2:23
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATIONS 11:1 - 19
PSALMS:
30
A
psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. A
Of David.
1
I
will exalt you, O LORD,
for
you lifted me out of the depths
and
did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2
O
LORD my God, I called to you for help
and
you healed me.
3
O
LORD, you brought me up from the grave B;
you
spared me from going down into the pit.
4
Sing
to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise
his holy name.
5
For
his anger lasts only a moment,
but
his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping
may remain for a night,
but
rejoicing comes in the morning.
6
When
I felt secure, I said,
"I
will never be shaken."
7
O
LORD, when you favored me,
you
made my mountain C
stand firm;
but
when you hid your face,
I
was dismayed.
8
To
you, O LORD, I called;
to
the Lord I cried for mercy:
9
"What
gain is there in my destruction, D
in
my going down into the pit?
Will
the dust praise you?
Will
it proclaim your faithfulness? 1
10
Hear,
O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O
LORD, be my help."
11
You
turned my wailing into dancing;
you
removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12
that
my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O
LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. 2
PSALMS:
60
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the
Covenant." A miktam
A
of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim B
and Aram Zobah, C
and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in
the Valley of Salt.
1
You
have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
you
have been angry--now restore us!
2
You
have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend
its fractures, for it is quaking.
3
You
have shown your people desperate times;
you
have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4
But
for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to
be unfurled against the bow.
Selah
5
Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that
those you love may be delivered.
6
God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In
triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and
measure off the Valley of Succoth.
7
Gilead
is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim
is my helmet,
Judah
my scepter.
8
Moab
is my washbasin,
upon
Edom I toss my sandal;
over
Philistia I shout in triumph."
9
Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who
will lead me to Edom?
10
Is
it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and
no longer go out with our armies?
11
Give
us aid against the enemy, 3
for
the help of man is worthless.
12
With
God we will gain the victory,
and
he will trample down our enemies. 4
PSALMS:
90
A
prayer of Moses the man of God.
1
Lord,
you have been our dwelling place
throughout
all generations.
2
Before
the mountains were born
or
you brought forth the earth and the world,
from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3
You
turn men back to dust,
saying,
"Return to dust, O sons of men."
4
For
a thousand years in your sight
are
like a day that has just gone by,
or
like a watch in the night.
5
You
sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they
are like the new grass of the morning--
6
though
in the morning it springs up new,
by
evening it is dry and withered.
7
We
are consumed by your anger
and
terrified by your indignation.
8
You
have set our iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9
All
our days pass away under your wrath;
we
finish our years with a moan.
10
The
length of our days is seventy years--
or
eighty, if we have the strength;
yet
their span A
is but trouble and sorrow,
for
they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11
Who
knows the power of your anger?
For
your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
12
Teach
us to number our days aright, 5
PSALMS:
120
A
song of ascents.
1
I
call on the LORD in my distress,
and
he answers me.
2
Save
me, O LORD, from lying lips
and
from deceitful tongues.
3
What
will he do to you,
and
what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4
He
will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
5
Woe
to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that
I live among the tents of Kedar!
6
Too
long have I lived
among
those who hate peace.
7
I
am a man of peace;
but
when I speak, they are for war. 6
PSALMS:
150
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
God in his sanctuary;
praise
him in his mighty heavens.
2
Praise
him for his acts of power;
praise
him for his surpassing greatness.
3
Praise
him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise
him with the harp and lyre,
4
praise
him with tambourine and dancing,
praise
him with the strings and flute,
5
praise
him with the clash of cymbals,
praise
him with resounding cymbals.
6
Let
everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise
the LORD. 7
PROVERBS:
30
30
1
The
sayings of Agur son of Jakeh--an oracle A:
This
man declared to Ithiel,
to
Ithiel and to Ucal: B
2
"I
am the most ignorant of men;
I
do not have a man's understanding.
3
I
have not learned wisdom,
nor
have I knowledge of the Holy One.
4
Who
has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who
has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?
Who
has wrapped up the waters in his cloak?
Who
has established all the ends of the earth?
What
is his name, and the name of his son?
Tell
me if you know!
5
"Every
word of God is flawless;
he
is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6
Do
not add to his words,
or
he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
7
"Two
things I ask of you, O LORD;
do
not refuse me before I die:
8
Keep
falsehood and lies far from me;
give
me neither poverty nor riches,
but
give me only my daily bread.
9
Otherwise,
I may have too much and disown you
and
say, `Who is the LORD?'
Or
I may become poor and steal,
and
so dishonor the name of my God.
10
"Do
not slander a servant to his master,
or
he will curse you, and you will pay for it. 8
11
"There
are those who curse their fathers
and
do not bless their mothers;
12
those
who are pure in their own eyes
and
yet are not cleansed of their filth;
13
those
whose eyes are ever so haughty,
whose
glances are so disdainful;
14
those
whose teeth are swords
and
whose jaws are set with knives
to
devour the poor from the earth,
the
needy from among mankind.
15
"The
leech has two daughters.
`Give!
Give!' they cry.
"There
are three things that are never satisfied,
four
that never say, `Enough!':
16
the
grave, C
the barren womb,
land,
which is never satisfied with water,
and
fire, which never says, `Enough!'
17
"The
eye that mocks a father,
that
scorns obedience to a mother,
will
be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will
be eaten by the vultures.
18
"There
are three things that are too amazing for me,
four
that I do not understand:
19
the
way of an eagle in the sky,
the
way of a snake on a rock,
20
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and
the way of a man with a maiden.9
21
"Under
three things the earth trembles,
under
four it cannot bear up:
22
a
servant who becomes king,
a
fool who is full of food,
23
an
unloved woman who is married,
and
a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
24
"Four
things on earth are small,
yet
they are extremely wise:
25
Ants
are creatures of little strength,
yet
they store up their food in the summer;
26
coneys
D
are creatures of little power,
yet
they make their home in the crags;
27
locusts
have no king,
yet
they advance together in ranks;
28
a
lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet
it is found in kings' palaces.
29
"There
are three things that are stately in their stride,
four
that move with stately bearing:
30
a
lion, mighty among beasts,
who
retreats before nothing;
31
a
strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and
a king with his army around him.
E
32
"If
you have played the fool and exalted yourself,
or
if you have planned evil,
clap
your hand over your mouth!
10
OLD
TESTAMENT: HAGGAI 1:1 - 2:23
1
1
In
the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month,
the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua A
son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
2
This
is what the LORD Almighty says: "These
people say, `The time has not yet come for the LORD's house to be
built.' "
3
Then
the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 4
"Is
it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,
while this house remains a ruin?"
5
Now
this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give
careful thought to your ways.
6
You
have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have
enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but
are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes
in it."
7
This
is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give
careful thought to your ways.
8
Go
up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so
that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the LORD.
9
"You
expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought
home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because
of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his
own house.
10
Therefore,
because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its
crops.
11
I
called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain,
the new wine, the oil and whatever the ground produces, on men and
cattle, and on the labor of your hands."
12
Then
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high
priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the
LORD their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the
LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.
13
Then
Haggai, the LORD's messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the
people: "I
am with you,"
declares the LORD. 14
So
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They
came and began to work on the house of the LORD Almighty, their God,
15
on
the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of King
Darius.
2
1
On
the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came
through the prophet Haggai: 2
"Speak
to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask
them,
3
`Who
of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it
look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing?
4
But
now be strong, O Zerubbabel,' declares the 11
LORD. `Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be
strong, all you people of the land,' declares the LORD, `and work.
For I am with you,' declares the LORD Almighty.
5
`This
is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my
Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.'
6
"This
is what the LORD Almighty says: `In a little while I will once more
shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
7
I
will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and
I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty.
8
`The
silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD Almighty.
9`
The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the
former house,' says the LORD Almighty. `And in this place I will
grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."
10
On
the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of
Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai: 11
"This
is what the LORD Almighty says: `Ask the priests what the law says:
12
If
a person carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and
that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, oil or other food,
does it become consecrated?'
"
The
priests answered, "No."
13
Then
Haggai said, "If
a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these
things, does it become defiled?"
"Yes,"
the priests replied, "it becomes defiled."
14
Then
Haggai said, "`So
it is with this people and this nation in my sight,' declares the
LORD. `Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.
15
"`Now
give careful thought to this from this day on A--consider
how things were before one stone was laid on another in the LORD's
temple.
16
When
anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When
anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only
twenty.
17
I
struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet
you did not turn to me,' declares the LORD.
18
`From
this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give
careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORD's temple
was laid. Give careful thought:
19
Is
there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig
tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.
12
"`From
this day on I will bless you.'"
20
The
word of the LORD came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth
day of the month: 21
"Tell
Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I will shake the heavens and the
earth.
22
I
will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign
kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and
their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
23
"`On
that day,' declares the LORD Almighty, `I will take you, my servant
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,' declares the LORD, `and I will make you
like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,' declares the LORD
Almighty."
13
NEW
TESTAMENT: REVELATIONS 11:1 - 19
11
1
I
was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, "Go
and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the worshipers
there.
2
But
exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given
to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.
3
And
I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for
1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
4
These
are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the
Lord of the earth. 5
If
anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours
their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.
6
These
men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the
time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters
into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often
as they want.
7
Now
when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from
the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8
Their
bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is
figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was
crucified. 9
For
three and a half days men from every people, tribe, language and
nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10
The
inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by
sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented
those who live on the earth.
11
But
after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered
them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw
them. 12
Then
they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come
up here."
And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.
13
At
that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city
collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and
the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14
The
second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.
15
The
seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in
heaven, which said:
"The
kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his
Christ,
and
he will reign for ever and ever."
16
And
the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God,
fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17
saying:
"We
give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
the
One who is and who was,
because
you have taken your great power
and
have begun to reign.
and
your wrath has come.
The
time has come for judging the dead,
and
for rewarding your servants the prophets
and
your saints and those who reverence your name,
both
small and great--
and
for destroying those who destroy the earth."
19
Then
God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the
ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings,
peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm. 15
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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
