Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
MARCH
9
PSALMS:
9, 39, 69, 99, 129
PROVERBS:
9
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 SAMUEL 14:1 - 15:22
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 18:1 - 24
PSALMS:
9
For
A
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.
Selah
2
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 SAMUEL 14:1 - 15:22
14
1
Joab
son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart longed for Absalom. 2
So
Joab sent someone to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there.
He said to her, "Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning
clothes, and don't use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has
spent many days grieving for the dead. 3
Then
go to the king and speak these words to him." And Joab put the
words in her mouth.
4
When
the woman from Tekoa went A
to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor,
and she said, "Help me, O king!"
5
The
king asked her, "What is troubling you?"
She
said, "I am indeed a widow; my husband is dead. 6
I
your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in
the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the
other and killed him. 7
Now
the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, `Hand
over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to
death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get
rid of the heir as well.' They would put out the only burning coal I
have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face
of the earth."
8
The
king said to the woman, "Go home, and I will issue an order in
your behalf."
9
But
the woman from Tekoa said to him, "My lord the king, let the
blame rest on me and on my father's family, and let the king and his
throne be without guilt."
10
The
king replied, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me,
and he will not bother you again." 13
11
She
said, "Then let the king invoke the LORD his God to prevent the
avenger of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will
not be destroyed."
"As
surely as the LORD lives," he said, "not one hair of your
son's head will fall to the ground."
12
Then
the woman said, "Let your servant speak a word to my lord the
king."
"Speak,"
he replied.
13
The
woman said, "Why then have you devised a thing like this against
the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict
himself, for the king has not brought back his banished son? 14
Like
water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must
die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so
that a banished person may not remain estranged from him.
15
"And
now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people
have made me afraid. Your servant thought, `I will speak to the king;
perhaps he will do what his servant asks. 16
Perhaps
the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man
who is trying to cut off both me and my son from the inheritance God
gave us.'
17
"And
now your servant says, `May the word of my lord the king bring me
rest, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good
and evil. May the LORD your God be with you.'"
18
Then
the king said to the woman, "Do not keep from me the answer to
what I am going to ask you."
"Let
my lord the king speak," the woman said. 14
19
The
king asked, "Isn't the hand of Joab with you in all this?"
The
woman answered, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one
can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king
says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and
who put all these words into the mouth of your servant. 20
Your
servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has
wisdom like that of an angel of God--he knows everything that happens
in the land."
21
The
king said to Joab, "Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the
young man Absalom."
22
Joab
fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the
king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that he has found
favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted
his servant's request."
23
Then
Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24
But
the king said, "He must go to his own house; he must not see my
face." So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face
of the king.
25
In
all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome
appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his
foot there was no blemish in him.
26
Whenever
he cut the hair of his head--he used to cut his hair from time to
time when it became too heavy for him--he would weigh it, and its
weight was two hundred shekels B
by the royal standard.
27
Three
sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. The daughter's name was
Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman. 15
28
Absalom
lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king's face. 29
Then
Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab
refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to
come.
30
Then
he said to his servants, "Look, Joab's field is next to mine,
and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's
servants set the field on fire.
31
Then
Joab did go to Absalom's house and he said to him, "Why have
your servants set my field on fire?"
32
Absalom
said to Joab, "Look, I sent word to you and said, `Come here so
I can send you to the king to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur?
It would be better for me if I were still there!" ` Now then, I
want to see the king's face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him
put me to death."
33
So
Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned
Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground
before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.
15
1
In
the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and
horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. 2
He
would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the
city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before
the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, "What
town are you from?" He would answer, "Your servant is from
one of the tribes of Israel." 3
Then
Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claims are valid and
proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you."
4
And
Absalom would add, "If only I were appointed judge in the land!
Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I
would see that he gets justice."
5
Also,
whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would
reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. 6
Absalom
behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king
asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7
At
the end of four A
years, Absalom said to the king, "Let me go to Hebron and
fulfill a vow I made to the LORD. 8
While
your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: `If the
LORD takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.
B'"
9
The
king said to him, "Go in peace." So he went to Hebron.
10
Then
Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to
say, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say,
`Absalom is king in Hebron.'"
11
Two
hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been
invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about
the matter.
12
While
Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the
Gilonite, David's counselor, to come from Giloh, his hometown. And so
the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom's following kept on
increasing.
13
A
messenger came and told David, "The hearts of the men of Israel
are with Absalom."
14
Then
David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem,
"Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from 16
17
Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to
overtake us and bring ruin upon us and put the city to the sword."
15
The
king's officials answered him, "Your servants are ready to do
whatever our lord the king chooses."
16
The
king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left
ten concubines to take care of the palace. 17
So
the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted
at a place some distance away. 18
All
his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and
Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him
from Gath marched before the king.
19
The
king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why should you come along with
us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile
from your homeland. 20
You
came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander about with us,
when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your
countrymen. May kindness and faithfulness be with you."
21
But
Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the LORD lives, and as
my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it
means life or death, there will your servant be."
22
David
said to Ittai, "Go ahead, march on." So Ittai the Gittite
marched on with all his men and the families that were with him. 18
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 18:1 - 24
18
1
When
he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed
the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive grove, and he
and his disciples went into it.
2
Now
Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met
there with his disciples. 3
So
Judas came to the grove, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some
officials from the chief priests and Pharisees. They were carrying
torches, lanterns and weapons.
4
Jesus,
knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them,
"Who
is it you want?"
5
"Jesus
of Nazareth," they replied.
"I
am he,"
Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.)
6
When
Jesus said, "I
am he,"
they drew back and fell to the ground.
7
Again
he asked them, "Who
is it you want?"
And
they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
8
"I
told you that I am he,"
Jesus answered. "If
you are looking for me, then let these men go."
9
This
happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: "I
have not lost one of those you gave me."
A
10
Then
Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's
servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.)
11
Jesus
commanded Peter, "Put
your
sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?"
12
Then
the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish
officials arrested Jesus. They bound him 13
and
brought him 19
first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high
priest that year. 14
Caiaphas
was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be good if one man
died for the people.
15
Simon
Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this
disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the
high priest's courtyard,
16
but
Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was
known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the girl on duty there
and brought Peter in.
17
"You
are not one of his disciples, are you?" the girl at the door
asked Peter.
He
replied, "I am not."
18
It
was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had
made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming
himself.
19
Meanwhile,
the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his
teaching.
20
"I
have spoken openly to the world,"
Jesus replied. "I
always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come
together. I said nothing in secret.
21
Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I
said."
22
When
Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby struck him in the face.
"Is this the way you answer the high priest?" he demanded.
23
"If
I said something wrong,"
Jesus replied, "testify
as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike
me?"
24
Then
Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest. B
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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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