SEPTEMBER
19
PSALMS:
19, 49, 79, 109, 139
PROVERBS:
19
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JOEL 1:1 - 3:21
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATION 1:1 - 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:
JOEL 1:1 - 3:21
1:1 The
Word of the LORD that came to Yo'el, the son of Petu'el. 2 Hear
this, you Zakenim, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has
this ever happened in your days, Or in the days of your
fathers? 3 Tell
your children about it, And have your children tell their children,
And their children, another generation. 4 What
the swarming arbeh has left, the great arbeh has eaten. What the
great arbeh has left, the khagav has eaten. What the khagav has
left, the caterpillar has eaten. 5 Wake
up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because
of the sweet wine; For it is cut off from your mouth. 6 For
a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His
teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a
lioness. 7 He
has laid my vine waste, And stripped my fig tree. He has stripped
its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white. 8
Mourn
like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her
youth! 9 The
meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the LORD's
house. The Kohanim, the LORD's ministers, mourn. 10 The
field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed,
The new wine has dried up, And the oil languishes. 11 Be
confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; For the wheat
and for the barley; For the harvest of the field has perished. 12
The
vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree,
the palm tree also, and the apple tree, Even all of the trees of the
field are withered; For joy has withered away from the sons of
men. 13
Put
on sackcloth and mourn, you Kohanim! Wail, you ministers of the
altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God,
For the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your
God's house. 14 Sanctify
a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the Zakenim, And all the
inhabitants of the land, to the house of the LORD, your God, And cry
to the LORD. 15 Alas
for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, And it will come as
destruction from Shaddai. 16 Isn't
the food cut off before our eyes; Joy and gladness from the house of
our God? 17 The
seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The
barns are broken down, for the grain has withered. 18 How
the animals groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they
have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19 The
LORD, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the
wilderness, And the flame has burned all the trees of the
field. 20 Yes,
the animals of the field pant to you, For the water brooks have
dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
2:1 Blow
you the shofar in Tziyon, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD
comes, For it is close at hand: 2 A
day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn spreading on the mountains, A great and strong people;
There has never been the like, Neither will there be any more after
them, Even to the years of many generations. 3 A
fire devours before them, And behind them, a flame burns. The land
is as the garden of `Eden before them, And behind them, a desolate
wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them. 4 The
appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, And as horsemen,
so do they run. 5 Like
the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap,
Like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, As a
strong people set in battle array. 6 At
their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown
pale. 7 They
run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each
march in his line, and they don't swerve off course. 8 Neither
does one jostle another; They march everyone in his path, And they
burst through the defenses, And don't break ranks. 9 They
rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the
houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.10 The
eretz quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon
are darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining. 11 The
LORD thunders his voice before his army; For his forces are very
great; For he is strong who obeys his command; For the day of the
LORD is great and very awesome, And who can endure it? 12 "Yet
even now," says the LORD, "turn to me with all your heart,
And with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning." 13
Tear
your heart, and not your garments, And turn to the LORD, your God;
For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in
lovingkindness, And relents from sending calamity. 14 Who
knows? He may turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind him, Even
a meal offering and a drink offering to the LORD, your God. 15 Blow
the shofar in Tziyon! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn
assembly. 16 Gather
the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the Zakenim. Gather the
children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go
forth from his room, And the bride out of her chamber. 17
Let the Kohanim, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch
and the altar, And let them say, "Spare your people, LORD, And
don't give your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule
over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their
God?'" 18 Then
the LORD was jealous for his land, And had pity on his
people. 19 The
LORD answered his people, "Behold, I will send you grain, new
wine, and oil, And you will be satisfied with them; And I will no
more make you a reproach among the nations. 20 But
I will remove the northern army far away from you, And will drive it
into a barren and desolate land, Its front into the eastern sea, And
its back into the western sea; And its stench will come up, And its
bad smell will rise." Surely he has done great things. 21 Land,
don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great
things. 22 Don't
be afraid, you animals of the field; For the pastures of the
wilderness spring up, For the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and
the vine yield their strength. 23 "Be
glad then, you children of Tziyon, And rejoice in the LORD, your
God; For he gives you the former rain in just measure, And he causes
the rain to come down for you, The former rain and the latter rain,
As before. 24 The
threshing floors will be full of wheat, And the vats will overflow
with new wine and oil. 25 I
will restore to you the years that the swarming arbeh has eaten, The
great arbeh, the khagav, and the caterpillar, My great army, which I
sent among you. 26 You
will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, And will praise the name
of the LORD, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And my
people will never again be put to shame. 27
You
will know that I am in the midst of Yisra'el, And that I am the
LORD, your God, and there is no one else; And my people will never
again be put to shame. 28 "It
will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
And your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will
dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. 29 And
also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour
out my Spirit. 30 I
will show wonders in the heavens and in the eretz: Blood, fire, and
pillars of smoke. 31 The
sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before
the great and terrible day of the LORD comes. 32 It
will happen that whoever will call on the name of the LORD shall be
saved; For in Mount Tziyon and in Yerushalayim there will be those
who escape, As the LORD has said, And among the remnant, those whom
the LORD calls.
3:1 "For,
behold, in those days, And in that time, When I restore the fortunes
of Yehudah and Yerushalayim, 2 I
will gather all nations, And will bring them down into the valley of
Yehoshafat; And I will execute judgment on them there for my people,
And for my heritage, Yisra'el, whom they have scattered among the
nations. They have divided my land, 3 And
have cast lots for my people, And have given a boy for a prostitute,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink. 4 "Yes,
and what are you to me, Tzor, and Tzidon, And all the regions of
Peleshet? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and
speedily return your repayment on your own head. 5
Because
you have taken my silver and my gold, And have carried my finest
treasures into your temples, 6 And
have sold the children of Yehudah and the children of Yerushalayim
to the sons of the Yevanim, That you may remove them far from their
border. 7
Behold,
I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, And
will return your repayment on your own head; 8 And
I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the
children of Yehudah, And they will sell them to the men of Sheva, To
a faraway nation, For the LORD has spoken it." 9
Proclaim
this among the nations: Prepare war. Stir up the mighty men. Let all
the warriors draw near. Let them come up. 10 Beat
your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears. Let
the weak say, "I am strong." 11 Hurry
and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves
together." Cause your mighty ones to come down there,
LORD. 12 "Let
the nations arouse themselves, And come up to the valley of
Yehoshafat; For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding
nations. 13 Put
in the sickle; For the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the
winepress is full, The vats overflow, for their wickedness is
great." 14 Multitudes,
multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is
near, in the valley of decision. 15 The
sun and the moon are darkened, And the stars withdraw their
shining." 16 The
LORD will roar from Tziyon, And thunder from Yerushalayim; And the
heavens and the eretz will shake; But the LORD will be a refuge to
his people, And a stronghold to the children of Yisra'el. 17 "So
you will know that I am the LORD, your God, Dwelling in Tziyon, my
holy mountain. Then Yerushalayim will be holy, And no strangers will
pass through her any more. 18 It
will happen in that day, That the mountains will drop down sweet
wine, The hills will flow with milk, All the brooks of Yehudah will
flow with waters; And a fountain will come forth from the house of
the LORD, And will water the valley of Shittim. 19 Mitzrayim
will be a desolation, And Edom will be a desolate wilderness, For
the violence done to the children of Yehudah, Because they have shed
innocent blood in their land. 20 But
Yehudah will be inhabited forever, And Yerushalayim from generation
to generation. 21 I
will cleanse their blood, That I have not cleansed: For the LORD
dwells in Tziyon."
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATION 1:1 - 20
1 This
is the Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah, which God gave him to show
to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and
made known by his angel to his servant, Yochanan,
2 who
testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah,
about everything that he saw.
3 Blessed
is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and
keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.
4 Yochanan,
to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and shalom,
from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven
Spirits who are before his throne;
5 and
from Yeshua the Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the
dead, and the ruler of the kings of the eretz. To him who loves us,
and washed us from our sins by his blood;
6 and
he made us to be a kingdom, Kohanim to his God and Father; to him be
the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amein.
7
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,
including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the eretz will
mourn over him. Even so, Amein.
8 "I
am the Alef and the Tav," says the Lord God, "who is and
who was and who is to come, Shaddai."
9 I
Yochanan, your brother and partaker with you in oppression and
kingdom and perseverance in Messiah Yeshua, was on the isle that is
called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Yeshua the
Messiah.
10 I
was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud
voice, as of a shofar
11 saying,
"What you see, write in a book and send to the seven
assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis,
Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
12 I
turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw
seven golden menorot.
13 And
in the midst of the menorot was one like a son of man, clothed with
a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his
chest.
14 His
head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were
like a flame of fire.
15 His
feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a
furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
16 He
had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a
sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its
brightest.
17
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his
right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and
the last,
18 and
the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore.
Amein. I have the keys of Death and of She'ol.
19Write
therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are,
and the things which will happen hereafter;
20 the
mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the
seven golden menorot. The seven stars are the angels of the seven
assemblies. The seven menorot are seven assemblies.
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
