JANUARY
19
PSALMS:
19, 49, 79, 109, 139
PROVERBS:
19
OLD
TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY
34:1–JOSHUA 2:24
NEW
TESTAMENT:
LUKE 13:22 – 14:6
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: DEUTERONOMY
34:1–JOSHUA 2:24
34:1 Moshe
went up from the plains of Mo'av to Mount Nevo, to the top of
Pisgah, that is over against Yericho. The LORD shown him all the
land of Gil`ad, to Dan,
2 and
all Naftali, and the land of Efrayim and Menashsheh, and all the
land of Yehudah, to the hinder sea,
3 and
the South, and the Plain of the valley of Yericho the city of palm
trees, to Tzo`ar.
4 The
LORD said to him, This is the land which I swore to Avraham, to
Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov, saying, I will give it to your seed: I
have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over
there.
5 So
Moshe the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Mo'av,
according to the word of the LORD.
6 He
buried him in the valley in the land of Mo'av over against
Beit-Pe`or: but no man knows of his tomb to this day.
7
Moshe was one hundred twenty years old when he died: his eye was not
dim, nor his natural force abated.
8 The
children of Yisra'el wept for Moshe in the plains of Mo'av thirty
days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moshe were ended.
9 Yehoshua
the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moshe had laid
his hands on him: and the children of Yisra'el listened to him, and
did as the LORD commanded Moshe.
10 There
has not arisen a prophet since in Yisra'el like Moshe, whom the LORD
knew face to face,
11 in
all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the
land of Mitzrayim, to Par`oh, and to all his servants, and to all
his land,
12 and
in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moshe
worked in the sight of all Yisra'el.
1:1 Now
it happened after the death of Moshe the servant of the LORD, that
the LORD spoke to Yehoshua the son of Nun, Moshe' minister,
saying, 2Moshe
my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Yarden, you,
and all this people, to the land which I do give to them, even to
the children of Yisra'el. 3 Every
place that the sole of your foot shall tread on, to you have I given
it, as I spoke to Moshe. 4 From
the wilderness, and this Levanon, even to the great river, the river
Perat, all the land of the Hitti, and to the great sea toward the
going down of the sun, shall be your border. 5 There
shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your
life. As I was with Moshe, so I will be with you; I will not fail
you, nor forsake you. 6 Be
strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to
inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
7
Only
be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the
law, which Moshe my servant commanded you: don't turn from it to the
right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever
you go. 8 This
book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall
meditate thereon day and night, that you may observe to do according
to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way
prosperous, and then you shall have good success. 9 Haven't
I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be afraid,
neither be dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you
go. 10 Then
Yehoshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11
Pass
through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying,
Prepare you victuals; for within three days you are to pass over
this Yarden, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God
gives you to possess it. 12 To
the Re'uveni, and to the Gadi, and to the half-tribe of Menashsheh,
spoke Yehoshua, saying, 13 Remember
the word which Moshe the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying,
the LORD your God gives you rest, and will give you this
land. 14 Your
wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land
which Moshe gave you beyond the Yarden; but you shall pass over
before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall
help them; 15 until
the LORD have given your brothers rest, as [he has given] you, and
they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives
them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, and
possess it, which Moshe the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the
Yarden toward the sunrise. 16 They
answered Yehoshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will
do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17
According
as we listened to Moshe in all things, so will we listen to you:
only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moshe. 18 Whoever
he be who shall rebel against your mitzvah, and shall not listen to
your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death:
only be strong and of good courage.
2:1 Yehoshua
the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly,
saying, Go, view the land, and Yericho. They went and came into the
house of a prostitute whose name was Rachav, and lay there. 2
It
was told the king of Yericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here
tonight of the children of Yisra'el to search out the land. 3 The
king of Yericho sent to Rachav, saying, Bring forth the men who are
come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to
search out all the land. 4 The
woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yes, the men
came to me, but I didn't know whence they were: 5 and
it happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was
dark, that the men went out; where the men went I don't know: pursue
after them quickly; for you will overtake them. 6 But
she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of
flax, which she had laid in order on the roof. 7 The
men pursued after them the way to the Yarden to the fords: and as
soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the
gate. 8 Before
they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof; 9 and
she said to the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land,
and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 10 For
we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Sea of Suf
before you, when you came out of Mitzrayim; and what you did to the
two kings of the Amori, who were beyond the Yarden, to Sichon and to
`Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 As
soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there
remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for the LORD your
God, he is God in heaven above, and on eretz beneath. 12 Now
therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly
with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and
give me a true token; 13 and
that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers,
and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives
from death. 14 The
men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this our
business; and it shall be, when the LORD gives us the land, that we
will deal kindly and truly with you. 15 Then
she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on
the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall. 16 She
said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light on
you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be
returned: and afterward may you go your way. 17 The
men said to her, We will be guiltless of this your oath which you
have made us to swear. 18 Behold,
when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet
thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall
gather to you into the house your father, and your mother, and your
brothers, and all your father's household. 19 It
shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into
the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be
guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood
shall be on our head, if any hand be on him. 20 But
if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your
oath which you have made us to swear. 21 She
said, According to your words, so be it. She sent them away, and
they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 22 They
went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until
the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout
all the way, but didn't find them. 23 Then
the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed
over, and came to Yehoshua the son of Nun; and they told him all
that had befallen them. 24 They
said to Yehoshua, Truly the LORD has delivered into our hands all
the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away
before us.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
LUKE 13:22 – 14:6
13:22 He
went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling
on to Yerushalayim.
23 One
said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said
to them,
24 "Strive
to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to
enter in, and will not be able.
25 When
once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door,
and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying,
'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't
know you or where you come from.'
26
Then
you will begin to say, 'We ate and drink in your presence, and you
taught in our streets.'
27 He
will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from
me, all you workers of iniquity.'
28 There
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Avraham,
Yitzchak, Ya`akov, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
yourselves being thrown outside.
29 They
will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down
in the kingdom of God.
30 Behold,
there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some
who are first who will be last."
31 On
that same day, some Perushim came, saying to him, "Get out of
here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."
32 He
said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons
and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete
my mission.
33 Nevertheless
I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it
can't be that a prophet perish out of Yerushalayim.'
34 "Yerushalayim,
Yerushalayim, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent
to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a
hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
35
Behold,
your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me,
until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
14:1 It
happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the
Perushim on a Shabbat to eat bread, that they were watching him.
2 Behold,
a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
3Yeshua,
answering, spoke to the lawyers and Perushim, saying, "Is it
lawful to heal on the Shabbat?"
4 But
they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
5 He
answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a
well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Shabbat day?"
6 They
couldn't answer him regarding these things.
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
