Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
30
PSALMS:
30, 60, 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS:
30
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 39:1 - 40:27
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JAMES 2:18 - 3:18
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?
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.
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,
5praise
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,
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,
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,
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 39:1 - 40:27
39
1
"Son
of man, prophesy against Gog and say:
`This
is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I
am against you, O Gog, chief prince of A
Meshech and Tubal.
2
I
will turn you around and drag you along.
I will bring you from the far north and send you against the
mountains of Israel.
3
Then
I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop
from your right hand.
4
On
the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and
the nations with you.
I
will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild
animals.
5
You
will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the
Sovereign LORD.
6
I
will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the
coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.
7
"`I
will make known my holy name among my people Israel.
I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will
know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel.
8
It
is coming!
It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD. This is the
day I have spoken of.
9
"`Then
those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons
for fuel and burn them up--the small and large shields, the bows and
arrows, the war clubs and spears.
For
seven years they will use them for fuel.
10
They
will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the
forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel.
And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who
looted them, declares the Sovereign LORD.
11
"`On
that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of
those who travel east toward B
the Sea.
C
It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes
will be buried there.
So
it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.
D
12
"`For
seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to
cleanse the land.
13
All
the people of the land will bury them, and the day I am glorified
will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign LORD.
14
"`Men
will be regularly employed to cleanse the land.
Some will go throughout the land and, in addition to them, others
will bury those that remain on the ground.
At
the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
15
As
they go through the land and one of them sees a human bone, he will
set up a marker beside it until the gravediggers have buried it in
the Valley of Hamon Gog.
16
(Also
a town called Hamonah E
will be there.)
And so they will cleanse the land.'
17
"Son
of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
Call out to every kind of bird and all the wild animals:
`Assemble
and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for
you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel.
There
you will eat flesh and drink blood.
18
You
will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes
of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls--all of
them fattened animals from Bashan.
19
At
the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are
glutted and drink blood till you are drunk.
20
At
my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and
soldiers of every kind,' declares the Sovereign LORD.
21
"I
will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see
the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay upon them.
22
From
that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD
their God.
23
And
the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for 11
their sin, because they were unfaithful to me.
So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and
they all fell by the sword.
24
I
dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses,
and I hid my face from them.
25
"Therefore
this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I will now bring Jacob back from captivity F
and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be
zealous for my holy name.
26
They
will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward
me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them
afraid.
27
When
I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from
the countries of their enemies, I will show myself holy through them
in the sight of many nations.
28
Then
they will know that I am the LORD their God, for though I sent them
into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land,
not leaving any behind.
29
I
will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit
on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD."
40
1
In
the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on
the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the
city--on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me and he took
me there. 2
In
visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very
high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked
like a city. 3
He
took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he
was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in
his hand. 4
The
man said to me, "Son
of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears and pay attention
to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been
brought here. Tell the house of Israel everything you see."
5
I
saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the
measuring rod in the man's hand was six long cubits, each of which
was a cubit A
and a handbreadth. B
He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod
high.
6
Then
he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured
the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. C
7
The
alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the
projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits thick. And the
threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one
rod deep.
8Then
he measured the portico of the gateway; 9
it
D
was eight cubits deep and its jambs were two cubits thick. The
portico of the gateway faced the temple.
10
Inside
the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same
measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each 12
side had the same measurements. 11
Then
he measured the width of the entrance to the gateway; it was ten
cubits and its length was thirteen cubits. 12
In
front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were
six cubits square. 13
Then
he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove
to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits
from one parapet opening to the opposite one. 14
He
measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the
inside of the gateway--sixty cubits. The measurement was up to the
portico E
facing the courtyard. F
15
The
distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its
portico was fifty cubits. 16
The
alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted
by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the
openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls
were decorated with palm trees.
17
Then
he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a
pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were
thirty rooms along the pavement. 18
It
abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long;
this was the lower pavement. 19
Then
he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the
outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side
as well as on the north.
20
Then
he measured the length and width of the gate facing north, leading
into the outer court. 21
Its
alcoves--three on each side--its projecting walls and its portico had
the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty
cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22
Its
openings, its portico and its palm tree decorations had the same
measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to
it, with its portico opposite them. 23
There
was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there
was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it
was a hundred cubits.
24
Then
he led me to the south side and I saw a gate facing south. He
measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same
measurements as the others.
25
The
gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the
openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five
cubits wide. 26
Seven
steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree
decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side. 13
27
The
inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this
gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits. 14
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JAMES 2:18 - 3:18
18
But
someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."
Show
me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I
do.
19
You
believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe
that--and shudder.
20
You
foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless
D?
21
Was
not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he
offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22
You
see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his
faith was made complete by what he did. 23
And
the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him as righteousness,"E
and he was called God's friend. 24
You
see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith
alone.
25
In
the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous
for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off
in a different direction?
26
As
the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
3
1
Not
many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you
know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2
We
all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he
says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
3
When
we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can
turn the whole animal. 4
Or
take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven
by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the
pilot wants to go. 5
Likewise
the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.
Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6
The
tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.
It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on
fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7
All
kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being
tamed and have been tamed by man, 8
but
no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly
poison.
9
With
the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men,
who have been made in God's likeness. 10
Out
of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should
not be. 11
Can
both fresh water and salt A
water flow from the same spring? 12
My
brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs?
Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13
Who
is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good
life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14
But
if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not
boast about it or deny the truth.
15
Such
"wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly,
unspiritual, of the devil.
16
For
where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and
every evil practice.
17
But
the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then
peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit,
15
impartial and sincere.
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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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