SEPTEMBER
25
PSALMS:
25, 55, 85, 115, 145
PROVERBS:
25
OLD
TESTAMENT: MICAH 1:1 - 4:13
NEW
TESTAMENT: REVELATION 6:1 - 17
PSALMS:
25
1 To
you, LORD, do I lift up my soul.
2 My
God, in you have I trusted,
Let
me not be put to shame.
Don't
let my enemies triumph over me.
3 Yes,
no one who waits for you shall be put to shame.
They
shall be put to shame who deal treacherously without cause.
4
Show
me your ways, LORD.
Teach
me your paths.
5 Guide
me in your truth, and teach me,
For
you are the God of my salvation,
I
wait for you all day long.
6 LORD,
remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness,
For
they are from old times.
7 Don't
remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions.
Remember
me according to your loving kindness,
For
your goodness' sake, LORD.
8 Good
and upright is the LORD,
Therefore
he will instruct sinners in the way.
9 He
will guide the humble in justice.
He
will teach the humble his way.
10 All
the paths of the LORD are loving kindness and truth
To
such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11 For
your name's sake, LORD,
Pardon
my iniquity, for it is great.
12 What
man is he who fears the LORD?
He
shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
13 His
soul shall dwell at ease.
His
seed shall inherit the land.
14 The
friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him.
He
will show them his covenant.
15 My
eyes are ever on the LORD,
For
he will pluck my feet out of the net.
16 Turn
to me, and have mercy on me,
For
I am desolate and afflicted.
17
The troubles of my heart are enlarged.
Oh
bring me out of my distresses.
18 Consider
my affliction and my travail.
Forgive
all my sins.
19 Consider
my enemies, for they are many.
They
hate me with cruel hatred.
20 Oh
keep my soul, and deliver me.
Let
me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
21 Let
integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For
I wait for you.
22 Redeem
Yisra'el, God,
Out
all of his troubles.
PSALMS:
55
1 Listen
to my prayer, God.
Don't
hide yourself from my supplication.
2 Attend
to me, and answer me.
I
am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3 Because
of the voice of the enemy,
Because
of the oppression of the wicked.
For
they bring suffering on me.
In
anger they hold a grudge against me.
4 My
heart is severely pained within me.
The
terrors of death have fallen on me.
5
Fearfulness
and trembling have come on me.
Horror
has overwhelmed me.
6 I
said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove!
Then
I would fly away, and be at rest.
7 Behold,
then I would wander far off.
I
would lodge in the wilderness."
Selah.
8 "I
would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest."
9 Confuse
them, Lord, and confound their language,
For
I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day
and night they prowl around on its walls.
Malice
and abuse are also within her.
11 Destructive
forces are within her.
Threats
and lies don't depart from her streets.
12 For
it was not an enemy who insulted me,
Then
I could have endured it.
Neither
was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me,
Then
I would have hid myself from him.
13 But
it was you, a man like me,
My
companion, and my familiar friend.
14 We
took sweet fellowship together.
We
walked in God's house with the throng.
15 Let
death come suddenly on them.
Let
them go down alive into She'ol.
For
wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
16 As
for me, I will call on God.
The
LORD will save me.
17 Evening,
morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress.
He
will hear my voice.
18 He
has redeemed my soul in shalom from the battle that was against me,
Although
there are many who oppose me.
19 God,
who is enthroned forever,
Will
hear, and answer them.
Selah.
They
never change,
Who
don't fear God.
20 He
raises his hands against his friends.
He
has violated his covenant.
21 His
mouth was smooth as butter,
But
his heart was war.
His
words were softer than oil,
Yet
they were drawn swords.
22 Cast
your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you.
He
will never allow the righteous to be moved.
23 But
you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction.
Bloodthirsty
and deceitful men shall not live out half their days,
But
I will trust in you.
PSALMS:
85
1 LORD,
you have been favorable to your land.
You
have restored the fortunes of Ya`akov.
2 You
have forgiven the iniquity of your people.
You
have covered all their sin.
Selah.
3 You
have taken away all your wrath.
You
have turned from the fierceness of your anger.
4 Turn
us, God of our salvation,
And
cause your indignation toward us to cease.
5 Will
you be angry with us forever?
Will
you draw out your anger to all generations?
6 Won't
you revive us again,
That
your people may rejoice in you?
7 Show
us your loving kindness, LORD.
Grant
us your salvation.
8 I
will hear what God, the LORD, will speak,
For
he will speak shalom to his people, his holy ones;
But
let them not turn again to folly.
9 Surely
his salvation is near those who fear him,
That
glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy
and truth meet together.
Righteousness
and shalom have kissed each other.
11 Truth
springs out of the eretz.
Righteousness
has looked down from heaven.
12 Yes,
the LORD will give that which is good.
Our
land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness
goes before him,
And
prepares the way for his steps.
PSALMS:
115
1 Not
to us, LORD, not to us,
But
to your name give glory,
For
your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
2 Why
should the nations say,
"Where
is their God, now?"
3 But
our God is in the heavens.
He
does whatever he pleases.
4 Their
idols are silver and gold,
The
work of men's hands.
5 They
have mouths, but they don't speak;
They
have eyes, but they don't see;
6 They
have ears, but they don't hear;
They
have noses, but they don't smell;
7
They have hands, but they don't feel;
They
have feet, but they don't walk;
Neither
do they speak through their throat.
8 Those
who make them will be like them;
Yes,
everyone who trusts in them.
9 Yisra'el,
trust in the LORD!
He
is their help and their shield.
10 House
of Aharon, trust in the LORD!
He
is their help and their shield.
11 You
who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
He
is their help and their shield.
12 The
LORD remembers us.
He
will bless us. 4
He
will bless the house of Yisra'el.
He
will bless the house of Aharon.
13 He
will bless those who fear the LORD,
Both
small and great.
14 May
the LORD increase you more and more,
You
and your children.
15 Blessed
are you by the LORD,
Who
made heaven and eretz.
16 The
heavens are the heavens of the LORD;
But
the eretz has he given to the children of men.
17
The dead don't praise the LORD,
Neither
any who go down into silence;
18 But
we will bless the LORD,
From
this time forth and forevermore.
Praise
the LORD!
PSALMS:
145
1 I
will exalt you, my God, the King.
I
will praise your name forever and ever.
2 Every
day I will praise you.
I
will extol your name forever and ever.
3 Great
is the LORD, and greatly to be praised!
His
greatness is unsearchable.
4 One
generation will commend your works to another,
And
will declare your mighty acts.
5 Of
the glorious majesty of your honor,
Of
your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6 Men
will speak of the might of your awesome acts.
I
will declare your greatness.
7 They
will utter the memory of your great goodness,
And
will sing of your righteousness.
8 The
LORD is gracious, merciful,
Slow
to anger, and of great loving kindness.
9
The
LORD is good to all.
His
tender mercies are over all his works.
10 All
your works will give thanks to you, LORD.
Your
holy ones will extol you.
11 They
will speak of the glory of your kingdom,
And
talk about your power;
12 To
make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
The
glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
13 Your
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
Your
dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The
LORD upholds all who fall,
And
raises up all those who are bowed down.
15 The
eyes of all wait for you.
You
give them their food in due season.
16 You
open your hand,
And
satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17
The LORD is righteous in all his ways,
And
gracious in all his works.
18 The
LORD is near to all those who call on him,
To
all who call on him in truth.
19 He
will fulfill the desire of those who fear him.
He
also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The
LORD preserves all those who love him,
But
all the wicked he will destroy.
21 My
mouth will speak the praise of the LORD.
Let
all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
PROVERBS:
25
1 These
also are proverbs of Shlomo,
which
the men of Hizkiyahu king of Yehudah copied out.
2 It
is the glory of God to conceal a thing,
But
the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
3 As
the heavens for height, and the eretz for depth,
So
the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
4 Take
away the dross from the silver,
And
material comes out for the refiner;
5 Take
away the wicked from the king's presence,
And
his throne will be established in righteousness.
6
Don't
exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
Or
claim a place among great men;
7 For
it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here,
"
Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom
your eyes have seen.
8 Don't
be hasty in bringing charges to court.
What
will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
9 Debate
your case with your neighbor,
And
don't betray the confidence of another;
10 Lest
one who hears it put you to shame,
And
your bad reputation never depart.
11 A
word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
12 As
an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So
is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
13 As
the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
So
is a faithful messenger to those who send him;
For
he refreshes the soul of his masters.
14 As
clouds and wind without rain,
So
is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
15 By
patience a ruler is persuaded.
A
soft tongue breaks the bone.
16 Have
you found honey?
Eat
as much as is sufficient for you,
Lest
you eat too much, and vomit it.
17
Let
your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house,
Lest
he be weary of you, and hate you.
18 A
man who gives false testimony against his neighbor
Is
like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
19 Confidence
in someone unfaithful in time of trouble
Is
like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.
20 As
one who takes away a garment in cold weather,
Or
vinegar on soda, So is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
21 If
your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
If
he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For
you will heap coals of fire on his head,
And
the LORD will reward you.
23 The
north wind brings forth rain:
So
a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
24 It
is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than
to share a house with a contentious woman.
25 Like
cold water to a thirsty soul,
So
is good news from a far country.
26 Like
a muddied spring, and a polluted well,
So
is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27 It
is not good to eat much honey;
Nor
is it honorable to seek ones own honor.
28
Like
a city that is broken down and without walls
Is
a man whose spirit is without restraint.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
MICAH 1:1 - 4:13
1:1 The
word of the LORD that came to Mikhah the Morashti in the days of
Yotam, Achaz, and Hizkiyahu, kings of Yehudah, which he saw
concerning Shomron and Yerushalayim. 2 Hear,
you peoples, all of you. Listen, O eretz, and all that is therein:
And let the Lord GOD be witness against you, The Lord from his holy
temple. 3 For,
behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, And will come down
and tread on the high places of the eretz. 4 The
mountains melt under him, And the valleys split apart, Like wax
before the fire, Like waters that are poured down a steep
place. 5 "All
this is for the disobedience of Ya`akov, And for the sins of the
house of Yisra'el. What is the disobedience of Ya`akov? Isn't it
Shomron? And what are the high places of Yehudah? Aren't they
Yerushalayim? 6 Therefore
I will make Shomron like a rubble heap of the field, Like places for
planting vineyards; And I will pour down its stones into the valley,
And I will uncover its foundations. 7 All
her idols will be beaten to pieces, And all her temple gifts will be
burned with fire, And all her images I will destroy; For of the hire
of a prostitute has she gathered them, And to the hire of a
prostitute shall they return." 8 For
this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will
howl like the jackals, And moan like the daughters of owls. 9
For
her wounds are incurable; For it has come even to Yehudah. It
reaches to the gate of my people, Even to Yerushalayim. 10 Don't
tell it in Gat, Don't weep at all. At Beit-La`afrah I have rolled
myself in the dust. 11 Pass
on, inhabitant of Shafir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of
Tza'anan won't come out. The wailing of Beit-Ha`etzel will take from
you his protection. 12 For
the inhabitant of Marot waits anxiously for good, Because evil has
come down from the LORD to the gate of Yerushalayim. 13 Harness
the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lakhish. She was the
beginning of sin to the daughter of Tziyon; For the transgressions
of Yisra'el were found in you. 14
Therefore
you will give a parting gift to Moreshet-Gat. The houses of Akhziv
will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Yisra'el. 15 I
will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah, He who is the glory
of Yisra'el will come to `Adullam. 16 Shave
your heads, And cut off your hair for the children of your delight.
Enlarge your baldness like the rakham; For they have gone into
captivity from you!
2:1 Woe
to those who devise iniquity And work evil on their beds! When the
morning is light, they practice it, Because it is in the power of
their hand. 2 They
covet fields, and seize them; And houses, and take them away: And
they oppress a man and his house, Even a man and his
heritage. 3 Therefore
thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am planning against these people
a disaster, From which you will not remove your necks, Neither will
you walk haughtily; For it is an evil time. 4 In
that day they will take up a parable against you, And lament with a
doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's
possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our
fields to traitors!'" 5 Therefore
you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of
the LORD. 6 "Don't
you prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these
things. Disgrace won't overtake us." 7
Shall it be said, O house of Ya`akov: "Is the Spirit of the
LORD angry? Are these his doings? Don't my words do good to him who
walks blamelessly?" 8 But
lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and
clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from
battle. 9 You
drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; From
their young children you take away my blessing forever. 10 Arise,
and depart! For this is not your resting place, Because of
uncleanness that destroys, Even with a grievous destruction. 11 If
a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: 'I will prophesy to you
of wine and of strong drink;' He would be the prophet of this
people. 12 I
will surely assemble, Ya`akov, all of you; I will surely gather the
remnant of Yisra'el; I will put them together as the sheep of
Botzrah, As a flock in the midst of their pasture; They will throng
with people. 13 He
who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the
gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, With the
LORD at their head."
3:1 I
said, "Please listen, you heads of Ya`akov, And rulers of the
house of Yisra'el: Isn't it for you to know justice? 2 You
who hate the good, And love the evil; Who tear off their skin, And
their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who
also eat the flesh of my people, And flay their skin from off them,
And break their bones, And chop them in pieces, as for the pot, And
as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then
they will cry to the LORD, But he will not answer them. Yes, he will
hide his face from them at that time, Because they made their deeds
evil." 5 Thus
says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for
those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Shalom!" and
whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against
him: 6 "Therefore
night is over you, with no vision, And it is dark to you, that you
may not divine; And the sun will go down on the prophets, And the
day will be black over them. 7 The
seers shall be put to shame, And the diviners confounded. Yes, they
shall all cover their lips; For there is no answer from God." 8 But
as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, And of
judgment, and of might, To declare to Ya`akov his disobedience, And
to Yisra'el his sin. 9 Please
listen to this, you heads of the house of Ya`akov, And rulers of the
house of Yisra'el, Who abhor justice, And pervert all
equity. 10 They
build up Tziyon with blood, And Yerushalayim with iniquity. 11 Her
leaders judge for bribes, And her Kohanim teach for a price, And her
prophets of it tell forturnes for money: Yet they lean on the LORD,
and say, Isn't the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster will come on
us. 12 Therefore
Tziyon for your sake will be plowed like a field, And Yerushalayim
will become heaps of rubble, And the mountain of the temple like the
high places of a forest.
4:1 But
in the latter days, It will happen that the mountain of the LORD's
temple will be established on the top of the mountains, And it will
be exalted above the hills; And peoples will stream to it. 2
Many
nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, And to the house of the God of Ya`akov; And he
will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths." For
out of Tziyon will go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from
Yerushalayim; 3 And
he will judge between many peoples, And will decide concerning
strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into
plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not
lift up sword against nation, Neither will they learn war any
more. 4 But
they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; And
no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has
spoken. 5 Indeed
all the nations may walk in the name of their gods; But we will walk
in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever. 6 "In
that day," says the LORD, "I will assemble that which is
lame, And I will gather that which is driven away, And that which I
have afflicted; 7 And
I will make that which was lame a remnant, And that which was cast
far off a strong nation: And the LORD will reign over them on Mount
Tziyon from then on, even forever. 8 You,
tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Tziyon, To you it
will come, Yes, the former dominion will come, The kingdom of the
daughter of Yerushalayim. 9 Now
why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your
counselor perished, That pains have taken hold of you as of a woman
in travail? 10 Be
in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Tziyon, Like a woman
in travail; For now you will go forth out of the city, And will
dwell in the field, And will come even to Bavel. There you will be
rescued. There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your
enemies. 11 Now
many nations have assembled against you, that say, 'Let her be
defiled, And let our eye gloat over Tziyon.' 12 But
they don't know the thoughts of the LORD, Neither do they understand
his counsel; For he has gathered them like the sheaves to the
threshing floor. 13 Arise
and thresh, daughter of Tziyon; For I will make your horn iron, And
I will make your hoofs brass; And you will beat in pieces many
peoples: And I will devote their gain to the LORD, And their
substance to the Lord of the whole eretz.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATION 6:1 - 17
6:1 I
saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of
the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come
and see!"
2 I
saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A
crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to
conquer.
3 When
he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature
saying, "Come!"
4 Another
came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given to take
shalom from the eretz, and that they should kill one another. There
was given to him a great sword.
5 When
he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying,
"Come and see!" I saw, and behold, a black horse. He who
sat on it had a balance in his hand.
6 I
heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A
choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a
denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!"
7
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
living creature saying, "Come and see!"
8 I
saw, and behold, a pale horse. He who sat on him, his name was
Death. She'ol followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the
eretz, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the
wild animals of the eretz was given to them.
9 When
he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of
those who had been killed for the word of God, and for the testimony
which they held.
10 They
cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy
and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell
on the eretz?"
11 There
was given to each one of them a white robe. It was said to them that
they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow servants
and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, had
been fulfilled.
12 I
saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake.
The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon
became as blood.
13
The
stars of the sky fell to the eretz, as a fig tree drops its unripe
figs when it is shaken by a great wind.
14 The
sky was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and
island were moved out of their places.
15 The
kings of the eretz, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich,
the strong, and every slave and freeman, hid themselves in the caves
and in the rocks of the mountains.
16 They
told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from
the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb,
17
for
the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"
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
