THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: THEINC-HIM Daily Bible Meditation - October 14 - Full Text

Saturday, October 14, 2017

THEINC-HIM Daily Bible Meditation - October 14 - Full Text - Shabbat Shalom!

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

THEINC-HIM Daily Bible Meditation

Shabbat Shalom!

OCTOBER 14

PSALMS: 14, 44, 74, 104, 134

PROVERBS: 14

OLD TESTAMENT: GENESIS 5:1 – 7:24

NEW TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 3:7 - 4:11

PSALMS: 14

For the director of music. Of David.

¹The fool ^A says in his heart,

"There is no God."

They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;

there is no one who does good.

²The LORD looks down from heaven

on the sons of men

to see if there are any who understand,

any who seek God.

³All have turned aside,

they have together become corrupt;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.

⁴Will evildoers never learn--

those who devour my people as men eat bread

and who do not call on the LORD?

⁵There they are, overwhelmed with dread,

for God is present in the company of the righteous.

⁶You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,

but the LORD is their refuge.

⁷Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,

let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! ¹

PSALMS: 44

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. ^A

¹We have heard with our ears, O God;

our fathers have told us

what you did in their days,

in days long ago.

²With your hand you drove out the nations

and planted our fathers;

you crushed the peoples

and made our fathers flourish.

³It was not by their sword that they won the land,

nor did their arm bring them victory;

it was your right hand, your arm,

and the light of your face, for you loved them.

⁴You are my King and my God,

who decrees ^B victories for Jacob.

⁵Through you we push back our enemies;

through your name we trample our foes.

⁶I do not trust in my bow,

my sword does not bring me victory;

⁷but you give us victory over our enemies,

you put our adversaries to shame.

⁸In God we make our boast all day long,

and we will praise your name forever.

Selah

⁹But now you have rejected and humbled us;

you no longer go out with our armies.

¹⁰You made us retreat before the enemy,

and our adversaries have plundered us. ²

¹¹You gave us up to be devoured like sheep

and have scattered us among the nations.

¹²You sold your people for a pittance,

gaining nothing from their sale.

¹³You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,

the scorn and derision of those around us.

¹⁴You have made us a byword among the nations;

the peoples shake their heads at us.

¹⁵My disgrace is before me all day long,

and my face is covered with shame

¹⁶at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,

because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

¹⁷All this happened to us,

though we had not forgotten you

or been false to your covenant.

¹⁸Our hearts had not turned back;

our feet had not strayed from your path.

¹⁹But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals

and covered us over with deep darkness.

²⁰If we had forgotten the name of our God

or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

²¹would not God have discovered it,

since he knows the secrets of the heart?

²²Yet for your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

²³Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep?

Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever. ³

²⁴Why do you hide your face

and forget our misery and oppression?

²⁵We are brought down to the dust;

our bodies cling to the ground.

²⁶Rise up and help us;

redeem us because of your unfailing love. ⁴

PSALMS: 74

A maskil ^A of Asaph.

¹Why have you rejected us forever, O God?

Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

²Remember the people you purchased of old,

the tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed--

Mount Zion, where you dwelt.

³Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,

all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

⁴Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;

they set up their standards as signs.

⁵They behaved like men wielding axes

to cut through a thicket of trees.

⁶They smashed all the carved paneling

with their axes and hatchets.

⁷They burned your sanctuary to the ground;

they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.

⁸They said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!"

They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.

⁹We are given no miraculous signs;

no prophets are left,

and none of us knows how long this will be.

¹⁰How long will the enemy mock you, O God?

Will the foe revile your name forever?

¹¹Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?

Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!

¹²But you, O God, are my king from of old;

you bring salvation upon the earth. ⁵

¹³It was you who split open the sea by your power;

you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.

¹⁴It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan

and gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.

¹⁵It was you who opened up springs and streams;

you dried up the ever flowing rivers.

¹⁶The day is yours, and yours also the night;

you established the sun and moon.

¹⁷It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;

you made both summer and winter.

¹⁸Remember how the enemy has mocked you, O LORD,

how foolish people have reviled your name.

¹⁹Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;

do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.

²⁰Have regard for your covenant,

because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

²¹Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;

may the poor and needy praise your name.

²²Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;

remember how fools mock you all day long.

²³Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,

the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually. ⁶

PSALMS: 104

¹Praise the LORD, O my soul.

O LORD my God, you are very great;

you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

²He wraps himself in light as with a garment;

he stretches out the heavens like a tent

³and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.

He makes the clouds his chariot

and rides on the wings of the wind.

⁴He makes winds his messengers, ^A

flames of fire his servants.

⁵He set the earth on its foundations;

it can never be moved.

⁶You covered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷But at your rebuke the waters fled,

at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;

⁸they flowed over the mountains,

they went down into the valleys,

to the place you assigned for them.

⁹You set a boundary they cannot cross;

never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰He makes springs pour water into the ravines;

it flows between the mountains.

¹¹They give water to all the beasts of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²The birds of the air nest by the waters;

they sing among the branches.

¹³He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;

the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

¹⁴He makes grass grow for the cattle,

and plants for man to cultivate--

bringing forth food from the earth: ⁷

¹⁵wine that gladdens the heart of man,

oil to make his face shine,

and bread that sustains his heart.

¹⁶The trees of the LORD are well watered,

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

¹⁷There the birds make their nests;

the stork has its home in the pine trees.

¹⁸The high mountains belong to the wild goats;

the crags are a refuge for the coneys. ^B

¹⁹The moon marks off the seasons,

and the sun knows when to go down.

²⁰You bring darkness, it becomes night,

and all the beasts of the forest prowl.

²¹The lions roar for their prey

and seek their food from God.

²²The sun rises, and they steal away;

they return and lie down in their dens.

²³Then man goes out to his work,

to his labor until evening.

²⁴How many are your works, O LORD!

In wisdom you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

²⁵There is the sea, vast and spacious,

teeming with creatures beyond number--

living things both large and small.

²⁶There the ships go to and fro,

and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there. ⁸

²⁷These all look to you

to give them their food at the proper time.

²⁸When you give it to them,

they gather it up;

when you open your hand,

they are satisfied with good things.

²⁹When you hide your face,

they are terrified;

when you take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust.

³⁰When you send your Spirit,

they are created,

and you renew the face of the earth.

³¹May the glory of the LORD endure forever;

may the LORD rejoice in his works--

³²he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,

who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to the LORD all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to him,

as I rejoice in the LORD.

³⁵But may sinners vanish from the earth

and the wicked be no more.

Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Praise the LORD. ^C ⁹

PSALMS: 134

A song of ascents.

¹Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD

who minister by night in the house of the LORD.

²Lift up your hands in the sanctuary

and praise the LORD.

³May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth,

bless you from Zion. ¹⁰

PROVERBS: 14

14 ¹ The wise woman builds her house,

but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

²He whose walk is upright fears the LORD,

but he whose ways are devious despises him.

³A fool's talk brings a rod to his back,

but the lips of the wise protect them.

⁴Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,

but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.

⁵A truthful witness does not deceive,

but a false witness pours out lies.

⁶The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,

but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

⁷Stay away from a foolish man,

for you will not find knowledge on his lips.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,

but the folly of fools is deception.

⁹Fools mock at making amends for sin,

but goodwill is found among the upright.

¹⁰Each heart knows its own bitterness,

and no one else can share its joy.

¹¹The house of the wicked will be destroyed,

but the tent of the upright will flourish. ¹¹

¹²There is a way that seems right to a man,

but in the end it leads to death.

¹³Even in laughter the heart may ache,

and joy may end in grief.

¹⁴The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,

and the good man rewarded for his.

¹⁵A simple man believes anything,

but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.

¹⁶A wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil,

but a fool is hotheaded and reckless.

¹⁷A quick-tempered man does foolish things,

and a crafty man is hated.

¹⁸The simple inherit folly,

but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹Evil men will bow down in the presence of the good,

and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,

but the rich have many friends.

²¹He who despises his neighbor sins,

but blessed is he who is kind to the needy.

²²Do not those who plot evil go astray?

But those who plan what is good ^find
A love and faithfulness. ¹²

²³All hard work brings a profit,

but mere talk leads only to poverty.

²⁴The wealth of the wise is their crown,

but the folly of fools yields folly.

²⁵A truthful witness saves lives,

but a false witness is deceitful.

²⁶He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress,

and for his children it will be a refuge.

²⁷The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,

turning a man from the snares of death.

²⁸A large population is a king's glory,

but without subjects a prince is ruined.

²⁹A patient man has great understanding,

but a quick-tempered man displays folly.

³⁰A heart at peace gives life to the body,

but envy rots the bones.

³¹He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,

but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

³²When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,

but even in death the righteous have a refuge.

³³Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning

and even among fools she lets herself be known.￹ B^¹³

³⁴Righteousness exalts a nation,

but sin is a disgrace to any people.

³⁵A king delights in a wise servant,

but a shameful servant incurs his wrath. ¹⁴

OLD TESTAMENT: GENESIS 5:1 - 7:24

5 1 Here is the genealogy of Adam. On the day that God created man he made him in the likeness of God;

2 he created them male and female; he blessed them and called them Adam [humankind, man] on the day they were created.

3 After Adam lived 130 years he fathered a son like himself and named him Shet.

4 After Shet was born, Adam lived another 800 years and had both sons and daughters.

5 In all, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.

6 Shet lived 105 years and fathered Enosh.

7 After Enosh was born, Shet lived another 807 years and had sons and daughters.

8 In all, Shet lived 912 years; then he died.

9 Enosh lived ninety years and fathered Kenan.

10 After Kenan was born, Enosh lived another 815 years and had sons and daughters.

11 In all, Enosh lived 905 years; then he died.

12 Kenan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalal'el.

13 After Mahalal'el was born, Kenan lived another 840 years and had sons and daughters.

14 In all, Kenan lived 910 years; then he died.

15 Mahalal'el lived sixty-five years and fathered Yered.

16 After Yered was born, Mahalal'el lived another 830 years and had sons and daughters.

17 In all, Mahalal'el lived 895 years; then he died.

18 Yered lived 162 years and fathered Hanokh.

19 After Hanokh was born, Yered lived 800 years and had sons and daughters.

20 In all, Yered lived 962 years; then he died.

21 Hanokh lived sixty-five years and fathered Metushelach.

22 After Metushelach was born, Hanokh walked with God 300 years and had sons and daughters.

23 In all, Hanokh lived 365 years.

24 Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn't there, because God took him.

25 Metushelach lived 187 years and fathered Lemekh.

26 After Lemekh was born, Metushelach lived 782 years and had sons and daughters.

27 In all, Metushelach lived 969 years; then he died.

28 Lemekh lived 182 years and fathered a son,

29 whom he called Noach [restful]; for he said, "This one will comfort us in our labor, in the hard work we do with our hands [to get what comes] from the ground that ADONAI cursed."

30 After Noach was born, Lemekh lived 595 years and had sons and daughters.

31 In all, Lemekh lived 777 years; then he died.

32 Noach was 500 years old; and Noach fathered Shem, Ham and Yefet.

6 1 In time, when men began to multiply on earth, and daughters were born to them,

2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

3 ADONAI said, "My Spirit will not live in human beings forever, for they too are flesh; therefore their life span is to be 120 years."

4 The N'filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown.

5 ADONAI saw that the people on earth were very wicked, that all the imaginings of their hearts were always of evil only.

6 ADONAI regretted that he had made humankind on the earth; it grieved his heart.

7 ADONAI said, "I will wipe out humankind, whom I have created, from the whole earth; and not only human beings, but animals, creeping things and birds in the air; for I regret that I ever made them."

8 But Noach found grace in the sight of ADONAI.

9 Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God.

10 Noach fathered three sons, Shem, Ham and Yefet.

11 The earth was corrupt before God, the earth was filled with violence.

12 God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth.

13 God said to Noach, "The end of all living beings has come before me, for because of them the earth is filled with violence. I will destroy them along with the earth.

14 Make yourself an ark of gofer-wood; you are to make the ark with rooms and cover it with pitch both outside and inside.

15 Here is how you are to build it: the length of the ark is to be 450 feet, its width seventy-five feet and its height forty-five feet.

16 You are to make an opening for daylight in the ark eighteen inches below its roof. Put a door in its side; and build it with lower, second and third decks.

17 "Then I myself will bring the flood of water over the earth to destroy from under heaven every living thing that breathes; everything on earth will be destroyed.

18 But I will establish my covenant with you; you will come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your sons' wives with you.

19 "From everything living, from each kind of living being, you are to bring two into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they are to be male and female.

20 Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive.

21 Also take from all the kinds of food that are eaten, and collect it for yourself; it is to be food for you and for them."

22 This is what Noach did; he did all that God ordered him to do.

7 1 In time, when men began to multiply on earth, and daughters were born to them,