APRIL 19
PSALMS: 19, 49, 79, 109, 139
PROVERBS: 19
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 CHRONICLES 7:1 - 8:40
NEW TESTAMENT: ACTS 27:1 - 20
PSALMS: 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God.
The expanse shows his handiwork.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech,
And night after night they display knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language,
Where their voice is not heard.
4 Their voice has gone out through all the eretz,
Their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
Like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens,
His circuit to the ends of it;
There is nothing hid from the heat of it.
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul.
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart.
The mitzvah of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever.
The ordinances of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is your servant warned.
In keeping them there is great reward.
12 Who can discern his errors?
Forgive me from hidden errors.
13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I will be upright,
I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.
PSALMS: 49
1 Hear this, all you peoples.
Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
2 Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom.
My heart shall utter understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb.
I will open my riddle on the harp.
5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6 Those who trust in their wealth,
And boast in the multitude of their riches --
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor give God a ransom for him.
8 For the redemption of their life is costly,
No payment is ever enough,
9 That he should live on forever,
That he should not see corruption.
10 For he sees that wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses will endure forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations.
They name their lands after themselves.
12 But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure.
He is like the animals that perish.
13 This is the destiny of those who are foolish,
And of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
14 They are appointed as a flock for She'ol.
Death shall be their shepherd.
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning.
Their beauty shall decay in She'ol,
Far from their mansion.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of She'ol,
For he will receive me.
Selah.
16 Don't be afraid when a man is made rich,
When the glory of his house is increased.
17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away.
His glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul --
And men praise you when you do well for yourself --
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers.
They shall never see the light.
20 A man who has riches without understanding,
Is like the animals that perish.
PSALMS: 79
1 God, the nations have come into your inheritance.
They have defiled your holy temple.
They have laid Yerushalayim in heaps.
2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of your holy ones to the animals of the eretz.
3 Their blood they have shed like water around Yerushalayim.
There was no one to bury them.
4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
5 How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you;
On the kingdoms that don't call on your names;
7 For they have devoured Ya`akov,
And destroyed his homeland.
8 Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
For we are in desperate need.
9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.
Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.
10 Why should the nations say,
"Where is their God?"
Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes,
That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.
According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death;
12 Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom
Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
13 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,
Will give you thanks forever.
We will praise you forever, to all generations.
PSALMS: 109
1 God of my praise, don't remain silent,
2 For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without a cause.
4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries;
But I am in prayer.
5 They have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
6 Set a wicked man over him.
Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty.
Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be wandering beggars.
Let them be sought from their ruins.
11 Let the creditor seize all that he has.
Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off.
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD.
Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually,
That he may cut off the memory of them from the eretz;
16 Because he didn't remember to show kindness,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
The broken in heart, to kill them.
17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.
He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.
It came into his inward parts like water,
Like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,
For the belt that is always around him.
20 This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD,
Of those who speak evil against my soul.
21 But deal with me, the LORD the Lord, for your name's sake,
Because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
22 For I am poor and needy.
My heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like an evening shadow.
I am shaken off as the arbeh.
24 My knees are weak through fasting.
My body is thin and lacks fat.
25 I have also become a reproach to them.
When they see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me, LORD, my God.
Save me according to your loving kindness;
27 That they may know that this is your hand;
That you, LORD, have done it.
28 They may curse, but you bless.
When they arise, they will be put to shame,
But your servant shall rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.
Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth.
Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.
PSALMS: 139
1 LORD, you have searched me,
And you know me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But, behold, LORD, you know it altogether.
5 You tzitzit me in behind and before.
You laid your hand on me.
6 This knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty. I can't attain it.
7 Where could I go from your Spirit?
Or where could I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
If I make my bed in She'ol, behold, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the dawn,
And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there your hand will lead me,
And your right hand will hold me.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me;
The light around me will be night;"
12 Even the darkness doesn't hide from you,
But the night shines as the day.
The darkness is like light to you.
13 For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I will give thanks to you,
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.
15 My frame wasn't hidden from you,
When I was made in secret,
Woven together in the depths of the eretz.
16 Your eyes saw my body.
In your book they were all written,
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked.
Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 For they speak against you wickedly.
Your enemies take your name in vain.
21 LORD, don't I hate those who hate you?
Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred.
They have become my enemies.
23 Search me, God, and know my heart.
Try me, and know my thoughts.
24 See if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
PROVERBS: 19
1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge;
Nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
3 The foolishness of man subverts his way;
His heart rages against the LORD.
4 Wealth adds many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished.
He who pours out lies shall not go free.
6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler,
And everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7 All the relatives of the poor shun him:
How much more do his friends avoid him!
He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul.
He who keeps understanding shall find good.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished.
He who utters lies shall perish.
10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool,
Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.
The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He who keeps the mitzvah keeps his soul,
But he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD;
He will reward him.
18 Discipline your son, for there is hope;
Don't be a willing party to his death.
19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,
For if you rescue him, you must do it again.
20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, ‘
That you may be wise in your latter end.
21 There are many plans in a man's heart,
But the LORD's counsel will prevail.
22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness.
A poor man is better than a liar.
23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment;
He rests and will not be touched by trouble.
24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother,
Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 Stop, my son, listening to instruction,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28 A corrupt witness mocks justice,
And the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers,
And beatings for the backs of fools.
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 CHRONICLES 7:1 - 8:40
7:1 Of the sons of Yissakhar: Tola, and Pu`ah, Yashuv, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: `Uzzi, and Refayah, and Yeri'el, and Yachmai, and Yivsam, and Shemu'el, heads of their fathers' houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred. 3 The sons of `Uzzi: Yizrachyah. The sons of Yizrachyah: Mikha'el, and `Ovadyah, and Yo'el, Yishshiyah, five; all of them chief men. 4 With them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons. 5 Their brothers among all the families of Yissakhar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand. 6 [The sons of] Binyamin: Bela, and Bekher, and Yedi`a'el, three. 7 The sons of Bela: Etzbon, and `Uzzi, and `Uzzi'el, and Yerimot, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four. 8 The sons of Bekher: Zemirah, and Yo'ash, and Eli`ezer, and Elyo`enai, and `Omri, and Yeremot, and Aviyah, and `Anatot, and `Alemet. All these were the sons of Bekher. 9 They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred. 10 The sons of Yedi`a'el: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Ye`ush, and Binyamin, and Ehud, and Kena`anah, and Zetan, and Tarshish, and Achishachar. 11 All these were sons of Yedi`a'el, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the host for war. 12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Acher. 13 The sons of Naftali: Yachtziel, and Guni, and Yetzer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 14 The sons of Menashsheh: Asri'el, whom his concubine the Arammian bore: she bore Makhir the father of Gil`ad: 15 and Makhir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Ma`akhah; and the name of the second was Tzelohchad: and Tzelohchad had daughters. 16 Ma`akhah the wife of Makhir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gil`ad the son of Makhir, the son of Menashsheh. 18 His sister Hammolekhet bore Ishhod, and Avi-Ezer, and Machlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Achyan, and Shekhem, and Likchi, and Ani`am. 20 The sons of Efrayim: Shutelach, and Bered his son, and Tachat his son, and El'adah his son, and Tachat his son, 21 and Zavad his son, and Shutelach his son, and Etzer, and El'ad, whom the men of Gat who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 Efrayim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beri`ah, because it went evil with his house. 24 His daughter was She'erah, who built Beit-Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-She'erah. 25 Refach was his son, and Reshef, and Telach his son, and Tachan his son, 26 La`dan his son, `Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, Yehoshua his son. 28 Their possessions and habitations were Beit-El and the towns of it, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns of it; Shekhem also and the towns of it, to Azzah and the towns of it; 29 and by the borders of the children of Menashsheh, Beit-She'an and its towns, Ta`nakh and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Yosef the son of Yisra'el. 30 The sons of Asher: Yimna, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beri`ah, and Serach their sister. 31 The sons of Beri`ah: Hever, and Malki'el, who was the father of Birzaith. 32 Hever became the father of Yaflet, and Shomer, and Hotam, and Shu`a their sister. 33 The sons of Yaflet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and `Asvat. These are the children of Yaflet. 34 The sons of Shemer: Achi, and Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother: Tzofach, and Yimna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Tzofach: Su'ach, and Harnefer, and Shual, and Ber, and Yimrah, 37 Betzer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Yitran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Yeter: Yefunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arach, and Hanni'el, and Ritzyah. 40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
8:1 Binyamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Achrach the third, 2 Nochah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Avihud, 4 and Avishua, and Na`aman, and Achoach, 5 and Gera, and Shefufan, and Huram. 6 These are the sons of Echud: these are the heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Geva, and they carried them captive to Manachat: 7 and Na`aman, and Achiyah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and he became the father of Uzza and Achichud. 8 Shacharayim became the father of children in the field of Mo'av, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Ba`ara were his wives. 9 He became the father of Hodesh his wife, Yovav, and Tzivyah, and Mesha, and Malkam, 10 and Ye`utz, and Sokhyah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' [houses]. 11 Of Hushim he became the father of Avituv and Elpa`al. 12 The sons of Elpa`al: `Ever, and Mish`am, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of it; 13 and Beri`ah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Ayalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gat; 14 and Achyo, Shashak, and Yeremot, 15 and Zevadyah, and `Arad, and `Eder, 16 and Mikha'el, and Yishpah, and Yocha, the sons of Beri`ah, 17 and Zevadyah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Hever, 18 and Ishmerai, and Yizli'ah, and Yovav, the sons of Elpa`al, 19 and Yakim, and Zikhri, and Zavdi, 20 and Eli`esenai, and Tzilletai, and Eli'el, 21 and `Adayah, and Berayah, and Shimrat, the sons of Shim`i, 22 and Yishpan, and `Ever, and Eli'el, 23 and `Avdon, and Zikhri, and Hanan, 24 and Hananyah, and `Elam, and `Antotiyah, 25 and Yifdeyah, and Penu'el, the sons of Shashak, 26 and Shamsherai, and Shecharyah, and `Atalyah, 27 and Ya`areshyah, and Eliyah, and Zikhri, the sons of Yerocham. 28 These were heads of fathers' [houses] throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Yerushalayim. 29 In Giv`on there lived the father of Giv`on, [Ye`i'el], whose wife's name was Ma`akhah; 30 and his firstborn son `Avdon, and Tzur, and Kish, and Ba`al, and Nadav, 31 and Gedor, and Achyo, and Zekher. 32 Miklot became the father of Shim`a. They also lived with their brothers in Yerushalayim, over against their brothers. 33 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Sha'ul; and Sha'ul became the father of Yonatan, and Malki-Shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba`al. 34 The son of Yonatan was Meriv-Ba`al; and Meriv-Ba`al became the father of Mikhah. 35 The sons of Mikhah: Piton, and Melekh, and Ta'rea, and Achaz. 36 Achaz became the father of Yeho`addah; and Yeho`addah became the father of `Alemet, and `Azmavet, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Motzah. 37 Motzah became the father of Bin`a; Rafah was his son, El`asah his son, Atzel his son. 38 Atzel had six sons, whose names are these: `Azrikam, Bokhru, and Yishma'el, and She`aryah, and `Ovadyah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Atzel. 39 The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Ye`ush the second, and Elifelet the third. 40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Binyamin.
NEW TESTAMENT: ACTS 27:1 - 20
27:1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Sha'ul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
3 The next day, we touched at Tzidon. Julius treated Sha'ul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.
4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.
7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
8 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
9 When much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Sha'ul admonished them,
10 and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
11 But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Sha'ul.
12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to put to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.
14 But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euroclydon.
15 When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
16 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
17 When they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven.
18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
19 On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.
20 When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
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