JANUARY
30
PSALMS:
30, 60, 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS:
30
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 22:21 - 23:16
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 20:27 - 47
PSALMS:
30
1 I
will extol you, LORD, for you have raised me up,
And
have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 LORD
my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
3 LORD,
you have brought up my soul from She'ol.
You
have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing
praise to the LORD, you holy ones of his.
Give
thanks to his holy name.
5 For
his anger is but for a moment;
His
favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping
may stay for the night,
But
joy comes in the morning.
6 As
for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
7 You,
LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain to stand strong.
But
when you hid your face, I was troubled.
8 I
cried to you, LORD.
To
the LORD I made supplication:
9 "What
profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?
Shall
the dust praise you?
Shall
it declare your truth?
10 Hear,
LORD, and have mercy on me. LORD, be my helper."
11 You
have turned my mourning into dancing for me.
You
have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
12 To
the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent.
LORD
my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
PSALMS:
60
1 God,
you have rejected us.
You
have broken us down.
You
have been angry.
Restore
us to you, again.
2 You
have made the land tremble.
You
have torn it.
Mend
its fractures,
For
it quakes.
3
You
have shown your people hard things.
You
have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
4 You
have given a banner to those who fear you,
That
it may be displayed because of the truth.
Selah.
5 So
that your beloved may be delivered,
Save
with your right hand, and answer us.
6 God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"I
will triumph.
I
will divide Shekhem,
And
measure out the valley of Sukkot.
7 Gil`ad
is mine, and Menashsheh is mine.
Efrayim
also is the defense of my head.
Yehudah
is my scepter.
8 Mo'av
is my wash basin.
I
will throw my shoe on Edom.
I
shout in triumph over Peleshet."
9 Who
will bring me into the strong city?
Who
has led me to Edom?
10 Haven't
you, God, rejected us?
You
don't go out with our armies, God.
11 Give
us help against the adversary,
For
the help of man is vain.
12 Through
God we shall do valiantly,
For
it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
PSALMS:
90
1 Lord,
you have been our dwelling place In all generations.
2
Before
the mountains were brought forth,
Or
ever you had formed the eretz and the world,
Even
from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3 You
turn man to destruction, saying,
"Return,
you children of men."
4 For
a thousand years in your sight
Are
but as yesterday when it is past,
As
a watch in the night.
5 You
sweep them away as they sleep.
In
the morning they sprout like new grass.
6 In
the morning it sprouts and springs up.
By
evening, it is withered and dry.
7 For
we are consumed in your anger.
We
are troubled in your wrath.
8 You
have set our iniquities before you,
Our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For
all our days have passed away in your wrath.
We
bring our years to an end as a sigh.
10 The
days of our years are seventy,
Or
even by reason of strength eighty years;
Yet
their pride is but labor and sorrow,
For
it passes quickly, and we fly away.
11 Who
knows the power of your anger,
Your
wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
12 So
teach us to number our days,
That
we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Relent,
LORD! How long?
Have
compassion on your servants.
14 Satisfy
us in the morning with your loving kindness,
That
we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make
us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
For
as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let
your work appear to your servants;
Your
glory to their children.
17 Let
the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
Establish
the work of our hands for us;
Yes,
establish the work of our hands.
PSALMS:
120
1 The
LORD says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
Until
I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
2 The
LORD will send forth the rod of your strength out of Tziyon.
Rule
in the midst of your enemies.
3 Your
people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power,
In
holy array.
Out
of the womb of the morning,
you
have the dew of your youth.
4 The
LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind:
"You
are a Kohen forever in the order of Malki-Tzedek."
5 The
Lord is at your right hand.
He
will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He
will judge among the nations.
He
will heap up dead bodies.
He
will crush the ruler of the whole eretz.
7 He
will drink of the brook in the way;
Therefore
will he lift up his head.
PSALMS:
150
1 Deliver
me, LORD, from the evil man.
Preserve
me from the violent man;
2 Those
who devise mischief in their hearts.
They
continually gather themselves together for war.
3 They
have sharpened their tongues like a serpent.
Viper's
poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 LORD,
keep me from the hands of the wicked.
Preserve
me from the violent men:
Who
have determined to trip my feet.
5 The
proud have hidden a snare for me,
They
have spread the cords of a net by the path.
They
have set traps for me. Selah.
6 I
said to the LORD, "You are my God."
Listen
to the cry of my petitions, LORD.
7 LORD,
the Lord, the strength of my yeshu`ah,
You
have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 LORD,
don't grant the desires of the wicked.
Don't
let their evil plans succeed,
or
they will become proud.
Selah.
9 As
for the head of those who surround me,
Let
the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let
burning coals fall on them.
Let
them be thrown into the fire,
Into
miry pits, from where they never rise.
11 An
evil speaker won't be established in the eretz.
Evil
will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I
know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And
justice for the needy.
13 Surely
the righteous will give thanks to your name.
The
upright will dwell in your presence.
PROVERBS:
30
1 The
words of Agur the son of Yakeh, the oracle:
The
man says to 'Iti'el, To 'Iti'el and Ucal:
2 "Surely
I am the most ignorant man,
And
don't have a man's understanding.
3 I
have not learned wisdom,
Neither
do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
4 Who
has ascended up into heaven, and descended?
Who
has gathered the wind in his fists?
Who
has bound the waters in his garment?
Who
has established all the ends of the eretz? ‘
What
is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
5 "Every
word of God is flawless.
He
is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 Don't
you add to his words,
Lest
he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
7 "Two
things I have asked of you;
Don't
deny me before I die:
8 Remove
far from me falsehood and lies.
Give
me neither poverty nor riches.
Feed
me with the food that is needful for me;
9 Lest
I be full, deny you, and say,
'Who
is the LORD?'
Or
lest I be poor, and steal,
And
so dishonor the name of my God.
10 "Don't
slander a servant to his master,
Lest
he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 There
is a generation that curses their father,
And
doesn't bless their mother.
12 There
is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,
Yet
are not washed from their filthiness.
13 There
is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!
Their
eyelids are lifted up.
14 There
is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
And
their jaws like knives,
To
devour the poor from the eretz,
and
the needy from among men.
15 "The
leach has two daughters:
'Give,
give.'
"There
are three things that are never satisfied;
Four
that don't say, 'Enough:'
16 She'ol,
the barren womb;
The
eretz that is not satisfied with water;
The
fire that doesn't say, 'Enough;'
17 And
the eye that mocks at his father,
And
scorns obedience to his mother:
The
ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
The
young eagles shall eat it.
18 "There
are three things which are too amazing for me,
Four
which I don't understand:
19 The
way of an eagle in the air;
The
way of a serpent on a rock;
The
way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
And
the way of a man with a maiden.
20 So
is the way of an adulterous woman:
She
eats and wipes her mouth,
And
says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
21 "For
three things the eretz tremble,
And
under four, it can't bear up:
22 For
a servant when he is king;
A
fool when he is filled with food;
23 For
an unloved woman when she is married;
And
a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
24 "There
are four things which are little on the eretz,
But
they are exceeding wise:
25 The
ants are not a strong people,
Yet
they provide their food in the summer;
26 The
conies are but a feeble folk,
Yet
make they their houses in the rocks;
27 The
locusts have no king,
Yet
they advance in ranks;
28 You
can catch a lizard with your hands,
Yet
she is in kings' palaces.
29 "There
are three things which are stately in their march,
Four
which are stately in going:
30
The
lion, which is mightiest among animals,
And
doesn't turn away for any;
31 The
greyhound, the male goat also;
And
the king against whom there is no rising up.
32 "If
you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself,
Or
if you have thought evil,
Put
your hand over your mouth.
33 For
as the churning of milk brings forth butter,
And
the wringing of the nose brings forth blood;
So
the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JOSHUA 22:21 - 23:16
22:21 Then
the children of Re'uven and the children of Gad and the half-tribe
of Menashsheh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of
Yisra'el, 22
The
Mighty One, God, the LORD, the Mighty One, God, the LORD, he knows;
and Yisra'el he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass
against the LORD (don't save us this day,) 23 that
we have built us an altar to turn away from following the LORD; or
if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal-offering, or if to offer
sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require
it; 24 and
if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of
purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our
children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD, the God of
Yisra'el? 25 for
the LORD has made the Yarden a border between us and you, you
children of Re'uven and children of Gad; you have no portion in the
LORD: so might your children make our children cease from fearing
the LORD. 26
Therefore
we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt
offering, nor for sacrifice: 27
but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our
generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before
him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our
peace-offerings; that your children may not tell our children in
time to come, You have no portion in the LORD. 28 Therefore
said we, It shall be, when they so tell us or to our generations in
time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of
the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for
sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 Far
be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn away
this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for
burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the
altar of the LORD our God that is before his tent. 30 When
Pinechas the Kohen, and the princes of the congregation, even the
heads of the thousands of Yisra'el that were with him, heard the
words that the children of Re'uven and the children of Gad and the
children of Menashsheh spoke, it pleased them well. 31 Pinechas
the son of El`azar the Kohen said to the children of Re'uven, and to
the children of Gad, and to the children of Menashsheh, This day we
know that the LORD is in the midst of us, because you have not
committed this trespass against the LORD: now have you delivered the
children of Yisra'el out of the hand of the LORD. 32 Pinechas
the son of El`azar the Kohen, and the princes, returned from the
children of Re'uven, and from the children of Gad, out of the land
of Gil`ad, to the land of Kana`an, to the children of Yisra'el, and
brought them word again.33 The
thing pleased the children of Yisra'el; and the children of Yisra'el
blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to
destroy the land in which the children of Re'uven and the children
of Gad lived. 34 The
children of Re'uven and the children of Gad called the altar [`Ed]:
For, [said they], it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.
23:1 It
happened after many days, when the LORD had given rest to Yisra'el
from all their enemies round about, and Yehoshua was old and well
stricken in years; 2 that
Yehoshua called for all Yisra'el, for their Zakenim and for their
heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to
them, I am old and well stricken in years: 3 and
you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these
nations because of you; for the LORD your God, he it is that has
fought for you. 4 Behold,
I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an
inheritance for your tribes, from the Yarden, with all the nations
that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of
the sun 5 The
LORD your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive
them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as
the LORD your God spoke to you. 6 Therefore
be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the
book of the law of Moshe, that you not turn aside from it to the
right hand or to the left;
7
that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you;
neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear
[by them], neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to
them; 8 but
cleave to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. 9 For
the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and strong:
but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day. 10
One
man of you shall chase a thousand; for the LORD your God, he it is
who fights for you, as he spoke to you. 11 Take
good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.
12
Else
if you do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant of these
nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with
them, and go in to them, and they to you; 13 know
for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these
nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap
to you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until
you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given
you. 14 Behold,
this day I am going the way of all the eretz: and you know in all
your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of
all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you;
all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it 15 It
shall happen, that as all the good things are come on you of which
the LORD your God spoke to you, so will the LORD bring on you all
the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land
which the LORD your God has given you. 16 When
you disobey the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded
you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them;
then will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you
shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to
you.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
LUKE 20:27 - 47
27 Some
of the Tzedukim came to him, those who deny that there is a
resurrection.
28 They
asked him, "Teacher, Moshe wrote to us that if a man's brother
dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the
wife, and raise up children for his brother.
29
There
were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died
childless.
30 The
second took her as wife, and he died childless.
31 The
third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and
died.
32 Afterward
the woman also died.
33 Therefore
in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven
had her as a wife."
34 Yeshua
said to them, "The sons of this age marry, and are given in
marriage.
35 But
those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the
resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage.
36 For
neither can they die any more, for they are like the angels, and are
sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
37
But that the dead are raised, even Moshe showed at the bush, when he
called the Lord 'The God of Avraham, the God of Yitzchak, and the
God of Ya`akov.'
38 Now
he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive
to him."
39 Some
of the Sofrim answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
40 They
didn't dare to ask him any more questions.
41 He
said to them, "Why do they say that the Messiah is David's
son?
42 David
himself says in the book of Tehillim, 'The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand,
43 Until
I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'
44 "David
therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
45 In
the hearing of all the people, he said to his talmidim,
46 "Beware
of the Sofrim, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings
in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best
places at feasts;
47
who
devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these
will receive greater condemnation."
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
