JANUARY
31
PSALMS:
31, 61, 91, 121
PROVERBS:
31
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JOSHUA 24:1 - 33
NEW
TESTAMENT:
LUKE 21:1 - 28
PSALMS:
31
1 In
you, LORD, do I take refuge.
Let
me never be put to shame:
Deliver
me in your righteousness.
2 Bow
down your ear to me.
Deliver
me speedily.
Be
to me a strong rock,
A
house of defense to save me.
3 For
you are my rock and my fortress,
Therefore
for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
4 Pluck
me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me,
For
you are my stronghold.
5 Into
your hand I commend my spirit.
You
redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
6 I
hate those who regard lying vanities,
But
I trust in the LORD.
7
I
will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness,
For
you have seen my affliction.
You
have known my soul in adversities.
8 You
have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy.
You
have set my feet in a large place.
9 Have
mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress.
My
eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
10 For
my life is spent with sorrow,
My
years with sighing.
My
strength fails because of my iniquity.
My
bones are wasted away.
11 Because
of all my adversaries
I
have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors,
A
fear to my acquaintances.
Those
who saw me on the street fled from me.
12 I
am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man.
I
am like broken pottery.
13 For
I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side,
While
they conspire together against me,
They
plot to take away my life.
14 But
I trust in you, LORD.
I
said, You are my God.
15 My
times are in your hand.
Deliver
me from the hand of my enemies,
and
from those who persecute me.
16 Make
your face to shine on your servant.
Save
me in your loving kindness.
17 Let
me not be put to shame, LORD,
for
I have called on you.
Let
the wicked be put to shame.
Let
them be silent in She'ol.
18 Let
the lying lips be mute,
Which
speak against the righteous insolently,
with
pride and contempt.
19 Oh
how great is your goodness,
Which
you have laid up for those who fear you,
‘Which
you have worked for those who take refuge in you,
Before
the sons of men!
20 In
the covert of your presence will you hide them from the plotting of
man.
You
will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Praise
be to the LORD,
For
he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
22 As
for me, I said in my haste,
"I
am cut off from before your eyes."
Nevertheless
you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
23 Oh
love the LORD, all you his holy ones!
The
LORD preserves the faithful,
And
pays back him who deals proudly in full.
24 Be
strong, and let your heart take courage,
All
you who hope in the LORD.
PSALMS:
61
1 Hear
my cry, God.
Listen
to my prayer.
2 From
the end of the eretz,
I
will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed.
Lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For
you have been a refuge for me,
A
strong tower from the enemy.
4 I
will dwell in your tent forever.
I
will take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
Selah.
5 For
you, God, have heard my vows.
You
have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6 You
will prolong the king's life;
His
years shall be for generations.
7 He
shall be enthroned in God's presence forever.
Appoint
your loving kindness and truth,
that
they may preserve him.
8 So
I will sing praise to your name forever,
That
I may fulfill my vows daily.
PSALMS:
91
1 He
who dwells in the secret place of Ha`Elyon
Will
rest in the shadow of Shaddai.
2 I
will say of the LORD,
"He
is my refuge and my fortress;
My
God, in whom I trust."
3 For
he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler,
From
the deadly pestilence.
4 He
will cover you with his pinions.
Under
his wings you will take refuge.
His
truth is a shield and a buckler.
5 You
will not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor
of the arrow that flies by day;
6 Nor
of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor
of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A
thousand may fall at your side,
And
ten thousand at your right hand;
But
it will not come near you.
8 You
will only look with your eyes,
And
see the reward of the wicked.
9 For
you, LORD, are my refuge!
You
have made Ha`Elyon your habitation.
10 No
evil shall happen to you,
Neither
shall any plague come near your dwelling.
11 For
he will give his angels charge over you,
To
guard you in all your ways.
12 They
will bear you up in their hands,
So
that you won't dash your foot against a stone.
13 You
will tread on the lion and cobra.
You
will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
14 "Because
he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him.
I
will set him on high, because he has known my name.
15 He
will call on me, and I will answer him.
I
will be with him in trouble.
I
will deliver him, and honor him.
16 I
will satisfy him with long life,
And
show him my yeshu`ah."
PSALMS:
121
1 I
will lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where
does my help come from?
2 My
help comes from the LORD,
Who
made heaven and eretz.
3 He
will not allow your foot to be moved.
He
who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold,
he who keeps Yisra'el
Will
neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The
LORD is your keeper.
The
LORD is your shade on your right hand.
6 The
sun will not harm you by day,
Nor
the moon by night.
7 The
LORD will keep you from all evil.
He
will keep your soul.
8 The
LORD will keep your going out and your coming in,
From
this time forth, and forevermore.
PROVERBS:
31
1 The
words of king Lemo'el;
the
oracle which his mother taught him.
2 "Oh,
my son!" Oh, son of my womb!
Oh,
son of my vows!
3
Don't
give your strength to women,
Nor
your ways to that which destroys kings.
4 It
is not for kings, Lemo'el;
it
is not for kings to drink wine;
Nor
for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'
5 Lest
they drink, and forget the law,
And
pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
6 Give
strong drink to him who is ready to perish;
And
wine to the bitter in soul:
7 Let
him drink, and forget his poverty,
And
remember his misery no more.
8 Open
your mouth for the mute,
In
the cause of all who are left desolate.
9 Open
your mouth, judge righteously,
And
serve justice to the poor and needy."
10 Who
can find a worthy woman?
For
her price is far above rubies.
11 The
heart of her husband trusts in her.
He
shall have no lack of gain.
12
She
does him good, and not harm,
All
the days of her life.
13 She
seeks wool and flax,
And
works eagerly with her hands.
14 She
is like the merchant ships.
She
brings her bread from afar.
15 She
rises also while it is yet night,
Gives
food to her household,
And
portions for her servant girls.
16 She
considers a field, and buys it.
With
the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
17 She
girds her loins with strength,
And
makes her arms strong.
18 She
perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her
lamp doesn't go out by night.
19 She
lays her hands to the distaff,
And
her hands hold the spindle.
20 She
opens her arms to the poor;
Yes,
she extends her hands to the needy.
21 She
is not afraid of the snow for her household;
For
all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She
makes for herself carpets of tapestry.
Her
clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her
husband is respected in the gates,
When
he sits among the Zakenim of the land.
24 She
makes linen garments and sells them,
And
delivers sashes to the merchant.
25 Strength
and dignity are her clothing.
She
laughs at the time to come.
26 She
opens her mouth with wisdom.
Faithful
instruction is on her tongue.
27 She
looks well to the ways of her household,
And
doesn't eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her
children rise up and call her blessed.
Her
husband also praises her:
29 "Many
women do noble things,
But
you excel them all."
30 Charm
is deceitful, and beauty is vain;
But
a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give
her of the fruit of her hands;
Let
her works praise her in the gates.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JOSHUA 24:1 - 33
24:1 Yehoshua
gathered all the tribes of Yisra'el to Shekhem, and called for the
Zakenim of Yisra'el, and for their heads, and for their judges, and
for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2 Yehoshua
said to all the people, Thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el,
Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terach, the
father of Avraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other
gods.
3 I
took your father Avraham from beyond the River, and led him
throughout all the land of Kana`an, and multiplied his seed, and
gave him Yitzchak.
4 I
gave to Yitzchak Ya`akov and Esav: and I gave to Esav Mount Se`ir,
to possess it: and Ya`akov and his children went down into
Mitzrayim.
5 I
sent Moshe and Aharon, and I plagued Mitzrayim, according to that
which I did in the midst of it: and afterward I brought you out.
6 I
brought your fathers out of Mitzrayim: and you came to the sea; and
the Mitzrim pursued after your fathers with chariots and with
horsemen to the Sea of Suf.
7
When
they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the
Mitzrim, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your
eyes saw what I did in Mitzrayim: and you lived in the wilderness
many days.
8 I
brought you into the land of the Amori, that lived beyond the
Yarden: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand,
and you possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Then
Balak the son of Tzippor, king of Mo'av, arose and fought against
Yisra'el: and he sent and called Bil`am the son of Be'or to curse
you;
10 but
I would not listen to Bil`am; therefore he blessed you still: so I
delivered you out of his hand.
11 You
went over the Yarden, and came to Yericho: and the men of Yericho
fought against you, the Amori, and the Perizzi, and the Kana`ani,
and the Hittite, and the Girgashi, the Hivvi, and the Yevusi; and I
delivered them into your hand.
12 I
sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you,
even the two kings of the Amori; not with your sword, nor with your
bow.
13 I
gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you
didn't build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards and olive groves
which you didn't plant do you eat.
14 Now
therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth;
and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River,
and in Mitzrayim; and serve you the LORD.
15 If
it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you
will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were
beyond the River, or the gods of the Amori, in whose land you dwell:
but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
16 The
people answered, Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD,
to serve other gods;
17 for
the LORD our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of
the land of Mitzrayim, from the house of bondage, and who did those
great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which
we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we
passed;
18 and
the LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amori
who lived in the land: therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he
is our God.
19 Yehoshua
said to the people, You can't serve the LORD; for he is a holy God;
he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your disobedience nor your
sins.
20 If
you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and
do you evil, and consume you, after that he has done you good.
21 The
people said to Yehoshua, No; but we will serve the LORD.
22 Yehoshua
said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you
have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. They said, We are
witnesses.
23 Now
therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you,
and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.
24 The
people said to Yehoshua, the LORD our God will we serve, and to his
voice will we listen.
25 So
Yehoshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance in Shekhem.
26 Yehoshua
wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great
stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary
of the LORD.
27 Yehoshua
said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness
against us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he
spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you
deny your God.
28 So
Yehoshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
29 It
happened after these things, that Yehoshua the son of Nun, the
servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.
30
They
buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnat-Serach, which
is in the hill-country of Efrayim, on the north of the mountain of
Ga`ash.
31 Yisra'el
served the LORD all the days of Yehoshua, and all the days of the
Zakenim who outlived Yehoshua, and had known all the work of the
LORD, that he had worked for Yisra'el.
32 The
bones of Yosef, which the children of Yisra'el brought up out of
Mitzrayim, buried they in Shekhem, in the parcel of ground which
Ya`akov bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shekhem for a
hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the
children of Yosef.
33 El`azar
the son of Aharon died; and they buried him in the hill of Pinechas
his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Efrayim.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
LUKE 21:1 - 28
21:1 He
looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into
the treasury.
2 He
saw a certain poor widow casting in two lepta.
3 He
said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all
of them,
4 for
all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of
her lack, put in all that she had to live on."
5 As
some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with
beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
6 "As
for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there
will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown
down."
7
They asked him, "Teacher, when therefore will these things be?
What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
8 He
said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will
come in my name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.'
Therefore don't follow them.
9 When
you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these
things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."
10 Then
he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom.
11
There
will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places.
There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
12 But
before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will
persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing
you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
13 It
will turn out as a testimony to you.
14 Settle
it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to
answer,
15 for
I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will
not be able to withstand or to contradict.
16 But
you will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and
friends. Some of you they will cause to be put to death.
17
You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
18
Not
a hair of your head will perish.
19 By
your endurance you will win your lives.
20 "But
when you see Yerushalayim surrounded by armies, then know that its
desolation is at hand.
21 Then
let those who are in Yehudah flee to the mountains. Let those who
are in the midst of her depart. Don't let those who are in the
country enter therein.
22 For
these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may
be fulfilled.
23 Woe
to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those
days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to
this people.
24 They
will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all
the nations. Yerushalayim will be trampled down by the Goyim, until
the times of the Goyim are fulfilled.
25 There
will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the eretz anxiety
of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
26 men
fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are
coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27
Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory.
28 But
when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads,
because your redemption is near."
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
