MARCH
30
PSALMS:
30, 60 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS:
30
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 KINGS 20:1 - 21:29
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ACTS 12:24 - 13:15
PSALMS:
30
1 I
will extol you, LORD, for you have raised me up,
And
have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 LORD
my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
3 LORD,
you have brought up my soul from She'ol.
You
have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing
praise to the LORD, you holy ones of his.
Give
thanks to his holy name.
5 For
his anger is but for a moment;
His
favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping
may stay for the night,
But
joy comes in the morning.
6 As
for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
7 You,
LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain to stand strong.
But
when you hid your face, I was troubled.
8 I
cried to you, LORD.
To
the LORD I made supplication:
9 "What
profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?
Shall
the dust praise you?
Shall
it declare your truth?
10 Hear,
LORD, and have mercy on me. LORD, be my helper."
11 You
have turned my mourning into dancing for me.
You
have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
12 To
the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent.
LORD
my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
PSALMS:
60
1 God,
you have rejected us.
You
have broken us down.
You
have been angry.
Restore
us to you, again.
2 You
have made the land tremble.
You
have torn it.
Mend
its fractures,
For
it quakes.
3
You
have shown your people hard things.
You
have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
4 You
have given a banner to those who fear you,
That
it may be displayed because of the truth.
Selah.
5 So
that your beloved may be delivered,
Save
with your right hand, and answer us.
6 God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"I
will triumph.
I
will divide Shekhem,
And
measure out the valley of Sukkot.
7 Gil`ad
is mine, and Menashsheh is mine.
Efrayim
also is the defense of my head.
Yehudah
is my scepter.
8 Mo'av
is my wash basin.
I
will throw my shoe on Edom.
I
shout in triumph over Peleshet."
9 Who
will bring me into the strong city?
Who
has led me to Edom?
10 Haven't
you, God, rejected us?
You
don't go out with our armies, God.
11 Give
us help against the adversary,
For
the help of man is vain.
12 Through
God we shall do valiantly,
For
it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
PSALMS:
90
1 Lord,
you have been our dwelling place In all generations.
2
Before
the mountains were brought forth,
Or
ever you had formed the eretz and the world,
Even
from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3 You
turn man to destruction, saying,
"Return,
you children of men."
4 For
a thousand years in your sight
Are
but as yesterday when it is past,
As
a watch in the night.
5 You
sweep them away as they sleep.
In
the morning they sprout like new grass.
6 In
the morning it sprouts and springs up.
By
evening, it is withered and dry.
7 For
we are consumed in your anger.
We
are troubled in your wrath.
8 You
have set our iniquities before you,
Our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For
all our days have passed away in your wrath.
We
bring our years to an end as a sigh.
10 The
days of our years are seventy,
Or
even by reason of strength eighty years;
Yet
their pride is but labor and sorrow,
For
it passes quickly, and we fly away.
11 Who
knows the power of your anger,
Your
wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
12 So
teach us to number our days,
That
we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Relent,
LORD! How long?
Have
compassion on your servants.
14 Satisfy
us in the morning with your loving kindness,
That
we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make
us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
For
as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let
your work appear to your servants;
Your
glory to their children.
17 Let
the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
Establish
the work of our hands for us;
Yes,
establish the work of our hands.
PSALMS:
120
1 The
LORD says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
Until
I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
2 The
LORD will send forth the rod of your strength out of Tziyon.
Rule
in the midst of your enemies.
3 Your
people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power,
In
holy array.
Out
of the womb of the morning,
you
have the dew of your youth.
4 The
LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind:
"You
are a Kohen forever in the order of Malki-Tzedek."
5 The
Lord is at your right hand.
He
will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He
will judge among the nations.
He
will heap up dead bodies.
He
will crush the ruler of the whole eretz.
7 He
will drink of the brook in the way;
Therefore
will he lift up his head.
PSALMS:
150
1 Deliver
me, LORD, from the evil man.
Preserve
me from the violent man;
2 Those
who devise mischief in their hearts.
They
continually gather themselves together for war.
3 They
have sharpened their tongues like a serpent.
Viper's
poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 LORD,
keep me from the hands of the wicked.
Preserve
me from the violent men:
Who
have determined to trip my feet.
5 The
proud have hidden a snare for me,
They
have spread the cords of a net by the path.
They
have set traps for me. Selah.
6 I
said to the LORD, "You are my God."
Listen
to the cry of my petitions, LORD.
7 LORD,
the Lord, the strength of my yeshu`ah,
You
have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 LORD,
don't grant the desires of the wicked.
Don't
let their evil plans succeed,
or
they will become proud.
Selah.
9 As
for the head of those who surround me,
Let
the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let
burning coals fall on them.
Let
them be thrown into the fire,
Into
miry pits, from where they never rise.
11 An
evil speaker won't be established in the eretz.
Evil
will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I
know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And
justice for the needy.
13 Surely
the righteous will give thanks to your name.
The
upright will dwell in your presence.
PROVERBS:
30
1 The
words of Agur the son of Yakeh, the oracle:
The
man says to 'Iti'el, To 'Iti'el and Ucal:
2 "Surely
I am the most ignorant man,
And
don't have a man's understanding.
3 I
have not learned wisdom,
Neither
do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
4 Who
has ascended up into heaven, and descended?
Who
has gathered the wind in his fists?
Who
has bound the waters in his garment?
Who
has established all the ends of the eretz? ‘
What
is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
5 "Every
word of God is flawless.
He
is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 Don't
you add to his words,
Lest
he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
7 "Two
things I have asked of you;
Don't
deny me before I die:
8 Remove
far from me falsehood and lies.
Give
me neither poverty nor riches.
Feed
me with the food that is needful for me;
9 Lest
I be full, deny you, and say,
'Who
is the LORD?'
Or
lest I be poor, and steal,
And
so dishonor the name of my God.
10 "Don't
slander a servant to his master,
Lest
he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 There
is a generation that curses their father,
And
doesn't bless their mother.
12 There
is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,
Yet
are not washed from their filthiness.
13 There
is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!
Their
eyelids are lifted up.
14 There
is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
And
their jaws like knives,
To
devour the poor from the eretz,
and
the needy from among men.
15 "The
leach has two daughters:
'Give,
give.'
"There
are three things that are never satisfied;
Four
that don't say, 'Enough:'
16 She'ol,
the barren womb;
The
eretz that is not satisfied with water;
The
fire that doesn't say, 'Enough;'
17 And
the eye that mocks at his father,
And
scorns obedience to his mother:
The
ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
The
young eagles shall eat it.
18 "There
are three things which are too amazing for me,
Four
which I don't understand:
19 The
way of an eagle in the air;
The
way of a serpent on a rock;
The
way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
And
the way of a man with a maiden.
20 So
is the way of an adulterous woman:
She
eats and wipes her mouth,
And
says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
21 "For
three things the eretz tremble,
And
under four, it can't bear up:
22 For
a servant when he is king;
A
fool when he is filled with food;
23 For
an unloved woman when she is married;
And
a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
24 "There
are four things which are little on the eretz,
But
they are exceeding wise:
25 The
ants are not a strong people,
Yet
they provide their food in the summer;
26 The
conies are but a feeble folk,
Yet
make they their houses in the rocks;
27 The
locusts have no king,
Yet
they advance in ranks;
28 You
can catch a lizard with your hands,
Yet
she is in kings' palaces.
29 "There
are three things which are stately in their march,
Four
which are stately in going:
30
The
lion, which is mightiest among animals,
And
doesn't turn away for any;
31 The
greyhound, the male goat also;
And
the king against whom there is no rising up.
32 "If
you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself,
Or
if you have thought evil,
Put
your hand over your mouth.
33 For
as the churning of milk brings forth butter,
And
the wringing of the nose brings forth blood;
So
the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 KINGS 20:1 - 21:29
20:1 Ben-Hadad
the king of Aram gathered all his host together; and there were
thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up
and besieged Shomron, and fought against it. 2 He
sent messengers to Ach'av king of Yisra'el, into the city, and said
to him, Thus says Ben-Hadad, 3 Your
silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children, even
the best, are mine. 4 The
king of Yisra'el answered, It is according to your saying, my lord, O
king; I am yours, and all that I have. 5 The
messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben-Hadad, saying, I
sent indeed to you, saying, You shall deliver me your silver, and
your gold, and your wives, and your children; 6 but
I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they
shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it
shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it
in their hand, and take it away. 7
Then the king of Yisra'el called all the Zakenim of the land, and
said, Please notice how this man seeks mischief: for he sent to me
for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my
gold; and I didn't deny him. 8 All
the Zakenim and all the people said to him, Don't you listen, neither
consent. 9
Therefore
he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All
that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do; but
this thing I may not do. The messengers departed, and brought him
word again. 10 Ben-Hadad
sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the
dust of Shomron shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who
follow me. 11 The
king of Yisra'el answered, Tell him, Don't let him who girds on [his
armor] boast himself as he who puts it off. 12 It
happened, when [Ben-Hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he
and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set
[yourselves in array]. They set [themselves in array] against the
city. 13 Behold,
a prophet came near to Ach'av king of Yisra'el, and said, Thus says
the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will
deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the
LORD. 14 Ach'av
said, By whom? He said, Thus says the LORD, By the young men of the
princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle?
He answered, You. 15 Then
he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they
were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the
people, even all the children of Yisra'el, being seven
thousand. 16 They
went out at noon. But Ben-Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the
pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him. 17
The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and
Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out
from Shomron. 18 He
said, Whether they are come out for shalom, take them alive, or
whether they are come out for war, taken them alive. 19 So
these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the
provinces, and the army which followed them. 20 They
killed everyone his man; and the Aram fled, and Yisra'el pursued
them: and Ben-Hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with
horsemen. 21 The
king of Yisra'el went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and
killed the Aram with a great slaughter. 22 The
prophet came near to the king of Yisra'el, and said to him, Go,
strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return
of the year the king of Aram will come up against you. 23 The
servants of the king of Aram said to him, Their god is a god of the
hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against
them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 24 Do
this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put
captains in their room; 25 and
number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for
horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the
plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. He listened to
their voice, and did so. 26 It
happened at the return of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Aram,
and went up to Afek, to fight against Yisra'el. 27
The
children of Yisra'el were mustered, and were provisioned, and went
against them: and the children of Yisra'el encamped before them like
two little flocks of kids; but the Aram filled the country. 28 A
man of God came near and spoke to the king of Yisra'el, and said,
Thus says the LORD, Because the Aram have said, the LORD is a god of
the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I
deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know
that I am the LORD. 29 They
encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in
the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Yisra'el
killed of the Aram one hundred thousand footmen in one day. 30 But
the rest fled to Afek, into the city; and the wall fell on
twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben-Hadad fled, and came
into the city, into an inner chamber. 31 His
servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the
house of Yisra'el are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put
sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the
king of Yisra'el: peradventure he will save your life. 32 So
they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads,
and came to the king of Yisra'el, and said, Your servant Ben-Hadad
says, please let me live. He said, Is he yet alive? he is my
brother. 33
Now
the men observed diligently, and hurried to catch whether it were his
mind; and they said, Your brother Ben-Hadad. Then he said, Go you,
bring him. Then Ben-Hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to
come up into the chariot. 34 [Ben-Hadad]
said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will
restore; and you shall make streets for you in Dammesek, as my father
made in Shomron. I, [said Ach'av], will let you go with this
covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go. 35 A
certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the
word of the LORD, Please strike me. The man refused to strike him. 36
Then
said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD,
behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you.
As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed
him. 37 Then
he found another man, and said, Please strike me. The man struck him,
smiting and wounding him. 38 So
the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and
disguised himself with his headband over his eyes. 39 As
the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant
went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned
aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any
means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else
you shall pay a talent of silver. 40 As
your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of
Yisra'el said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have
decided it. 41 He
hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of
Yisra'el discerned him that he was of the prophets. 42 He
said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your
hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life
shall go for his life, and your people for his people. 43
The
king of Yisra'el went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to
Shomron.
21:1 It
happened after these things, that Navot the Yizre`eli had a vineyard,
which was in Yizre`el, hard by the palace of Ach'av king of
Shomron. 2 Ach'av
spoke to Navot, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for
a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give
you for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to you, I
will give you the worth of it in money. 3 Navot
said to Ach'av, the LORD forbid it me, that I should give the
inheritance of my fathers to you. 4 Ach'av
came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which
Navot the Yizre`eli had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not
give you the inheritance of my fathers. He laid him down on his bed,
and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 But
Izevel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so
sad, that you eat no bread? 6 He
said to her, Because I spoke to Navot the Yizre`eli, and said to him,
Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will
give you [another] vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give
you my vineyard. 7
Izevel
his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Yisra'el?
arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you
the vineyard of Navot the Yizre`eli. 8 So
she wrote letters in Ach'av's name, and sealed them with his seal,
and sent the letters to the Zakenim and to the nobles who were in his
city, [and] who lived with Navot. 9 She
wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Navot on high
among the people: 10 and
set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against
him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and
stone him to death. 11 The
men of his city, even the Zakenim and the nobles who lived in his
city, did as Izevel had sent to them, according as it was written in
the letters which she had sent to them. 12 They
proclaimed a fast, and set Navot on high among the people. 13 The
two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base
fellows bore witness against him, even against Navot, in the presence
of the people, saying, Navot did curse God and the king. Then they
carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with
stones. 14 Then
they sent to Izevel, saying, Navot is stoned, and is dead. 15 It
happened, when Izevel heard that Navot was stoned, and was dead, that
Izevel said to Ach'av, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of
Navot the Yizre`eli, which he refused to give you for money; for
Navot is not alive, but dead. 16 It
happened, when Ach'av heard that Navot was dead, that Ach'av rose up
to go down to the vineyard of Navot the Yizre`eli, to take possession
of it. 17
The
word of the LORD came to Eliyah the Tishbi, saying, 18 Arise,
go down to meet Ach'av king of Yisra'el, who dwells in Shomron:
behold, he is in the vineyard of Navot, where he is gone down to take
possession of it. 19 You
shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you killed and
also taken possession? You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the
LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Navot shall dogs
lick your blood, even your. 20 Ach'av
said to Eliyah, Have you found me, my enemy? He answered, I have
found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in
the sight of the LORD. 21 Behold,
I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will
cut off from Ach'av every man-child, and him who is shut up and him
who is left at large in Yisra'el: 22 and
I will make your house like the house of Yarov`am the son of Nevat,
and like the house of Ba`sha the son of Achiyah for the provocation
with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Yisra'el to
sin. 23 Of
Izevel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Izevel by the
rampart of Yizre`el. 24 Him
who dies of Ach'av in the city the dogs shall eat; and him who dies
in the field shall the birds of the sky eat. 25 (But
there was none like Ach'av, who did sell himself to do that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD, whom Izevel his wife stirred up. 26 He
did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the
Amori did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of
Yisra'el.) 27 It
happened, when Ach'av heard those words, that he tore his clothes,
and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and
went softly. 28 The
word of the LORD came to Eliyah the Tishbi, saying, 29 See
you how Ach'av humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself
before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's
days will I bring the evil on his house.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ACTS 12:24 - 13:15
12:24 But
the word of God grew and multiplied. 25
Bar-Nabba
and Sha'ul returned to Yerushalayim, when they had fulfilled their
service, also taking with them Yochanan whose surname was Mark.
13:1 Now
in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and
teachers: Bar-Nabba, Shim`on who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,
Menachem the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Sha'ul. 2 As
they served the Lord and fasted, the Ruach HaKodesh said, "Separate
Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul for me, for the work to which I have called
them." 3 Then,
when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they
sent them away. 4 So,
being sent forth by the Ruach HaKodesh, they went down to Seleucia.
From there they sailed to Cyprus. 5 When
they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the
synagogues of the Yehudim. They had also Yochanan as their
attendant. 6 When
they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain
sorcerer, a false prophet, a Yehudi, whose name was Bar-Yeshua, 7
who
was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The
same summoned Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul, and sought to hear the word of
God. 8
But
Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood
them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith. 9 But
Sha'ul, who is also called Sha'ul, filled with the Ruach HaKodesh,
fastened his eyes on him, 10 and
said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil,
you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the
right ways of the Lord? 11 Now,
behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not
seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately there fell on him a
mist and darkness. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the
hand. 12 Then
the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished
at the teaching of the Lord. 13 Now
Sha'ul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in
Pamphylia. Yochanan departed from them and returned to
Yerushalayim.14 But
they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They
went into the synagogue on the day of Shabbat, and sat down. 15 After
the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue
sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of
exhortation for the people, speak."
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
