FEBRUARY
27
PSALMS:
27, 57, 87, 117, 147
PROVERBS:
27
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 SAMUEL 24:1 - 25:44
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 10:22 - 42
Psalms
27
1 The
LORD is my light and my salvation.
Whom
shall I fear?
The
LORD is the strength of my life.
Of
whom shall I be afraid?
2
When
evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh,
Even
my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though
a host should encamp against me,
My
heart shall not fear.
Though
war should rise against me,
Even
then I will be confident.
4 One
thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after,
That
I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
To
see the beauty of the LORD,
And
to inquire in his temple.
5 For
in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion.
In
the covert of his tent will he hide me.
He
will lift me up on a rock.
6 Now
shall my head be lifted up above my enemies around me.
I
will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent.
I
will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
7 Hear,
LORD, when I cry with my voice.
Have
mercy also on me, and answer me.
8 When
you said, "Seek my face,"
My
heart said to you,
"I
will seek your face, LORD."
9 Don't
hide your face from me.
Don't
put your servant away in anger.
You
have been my help.
Don't
abandon me, neither forsake me,
God
of my salvation.
10 When
my father and my mother forsake me,
Then
the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach
me your way, LORD.
Lead
me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
12 Don't
deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For
false witnesses have risen up against me,
Such
as breathe out cruelty.
13
I
am still confident of this:
I
will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait
for the LORD.
Be
strong, and let your heart take courage.
Yes,
wait for the LORD.
PSALMS:
57
1 Be
merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,
For
my soul takes refuge in you.
Yes,
in the shadow of your wings,
I
will take refuge,
Until
disaster has passed.
2 I
cry out to El `Elyon,
To
God who accomplishes my requests for me.
3 He
will send from heaven, and save me,
He
rebukes the one who is pursuing me.
Selah.
God
will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
4 My
soul is among lions.
I
lie among those who are set on fire,
Even
the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And
their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be
exalted, God, above the heavens!
Let
your glory be above all the eretz!
6 They
have prepared a net for my steps.
My
soul is bowed down.
They
dig a pit before me.
They
fall into the midst of it themselves.
Selah.
7 My
heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast.
I
will sing, yes,
I
will sing praises.
8 Wake
up, my glory!
Wake
up, psaltery and harp!
I
will wake up the dawn.
9 I
will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples.
I
will sing praises to you among the nations.
10 For
your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens,
And
your truth to the skies.
11 Be
exalted, God, above the heavens.
Let
your glory be over all the eretz.
PSALMS:
87
1 His
foundation is in the holy mountains.
2 The
LORD loves the gates of Tziyon More than all the dwellings of
Ya`akov.
3
Glorious
things are spoken about you, city of God.
Selah.
4 I
will record Rachav and Bavel among those who acknowledge me.
Behold,
Peleshet, Tzor, and also Kush:
"This
one was born there."
5
Yes,
of Tziyon it will be said,
"This
one and that one was born in her;"
The
Elyon himself will establish her.
6 The
LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples,
"This
one was born there."
Selah.
7 Those
who sing as well as those who dance say, "
All
my springs are in you."
PSALMS:
117
1 Praise
the LORD, all you nations!
Extol
him, all you peoples!
2
For
his loving kindness is great toward us.
The
LORD's faithfulness endures forever.
Praise
the LORD!
PSALMS:
147
1 Praise
the LORD,
For
it is good to sing praises to our God;
For
it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
2 The
LORD builds up Yerushalayim.
He
gathers together the outcasts of Yisra'el.
3 He
heals the broken in heart,
And
binds up their wounds.
4 He
counts the number of the stars.
He
calls them all by their names.
5 Great
is our Lord, and mighty in power.
His
understanding is infinite.
6 The
LORD upholds the humble.
He
brings the wicked down to the ground.
7
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving.
Sing
praises on the harp to our God,
8 Who
covers the sky with clouds,
Who
prepares rain for the eretz,
Who
makes grass grow on the mountains.
9 He
provides food for the cattle,
And
for the young ravens when they call.
10 He
doesn't delight in the strength of the horse.
He
takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The
LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
In
those who hope in his loving kindness.
12 Praise
the LORD, Yerushalayim!
Praise
your God, Tziyon!
13 For
he has strengthened the bars of your gates.
He
has blessed your children within you.
14He
makes shalom in your borders.
He
fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He
sends out his mitzvah on eretz.
His
word runs very swiftly.
16 He
gives snow like wool,
And
scatters frost like ashes.
17
He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who
can stand before his cold?
18 He
sends out his word, and melts them.
He
causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He
shows his word to Ya`akov;
His
statutes and his ordinances to Yisra'el.
20 He
has not done this for any nation;
They
don't know his ordinances.
Praise
the LORD!
PROVERBS:
27
1 Don't
boast about tomorrow;
For
you don't know what a day may bring forth.
2 Let
another man praise you,
And
not your own mouth;
A
stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A
stone is heavy, And sand is a burden;
But
a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath
is cruel,
And
anger is overwhelming;
But
who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better
is open rebuke Than hidden love.
6 Faithful
are the wounds of a friend;
Although
the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 A
full soul loathes a honeycomb;
But
to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As
a bird that wanders from her nest,
So
is a man who wanders from his home.
9 Perfume
and incense bring joy to the heart;
So
does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
10 Don't
forsake your friend and your father's friend.
Don't
go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster:
Better
is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
11 Be
wise, my son,
And
bring joy to my heart,
Then
I can answer my tormentor.
12 A
prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
But
the simple pass on, and suffer for it:
13 Take
his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger;
Hold
it for a wayward woman!
14 He
who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
It
will be taken as a curse by him.
15 A
continual dropping on a rainy day
And
a contentious wife are alike:
16 Restraining
her is like restraining the wind,
Or
like grasping oil in his right hand.
17 Iron
sharpens iron;
So
a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
18 Whoever
tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He
who looks after his master shall be honored.
19 As
water reflects a face,
So
a man's heart reflects the man.
20 She'ol
and Avaddon are never satisfied;
And
a man's eyes are never satisfied.
21 The
crucible is for silver,
And
the furnace for gold;
But
man is refined by his praise.
22 Though
you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
Yet
his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23 Know
well the state of your flocks,
And
pay attention to your herds:
24 For
riches are not forever,
Nor
does even the crown endure to all generations.
25 The
hay is removed, and the new growth appears,
The
grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 The
lambs are for your clothing,
And
the goats are the price of a field.
27
There
will be plenty of goats' milk for your food,
For
your family's food,
And
for the nourishment of your servant girls.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 SAMUEL 24:1 - 25:44
24:1 It
happened, when Sha'ul was returned from following the Pelishtim,
that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of
`En-Gedi. 2
Then
Sha'ul took three thousand chosen men out of all Yisra'el, and went
to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats. 3 He
came to the sheep pens by the way, where was a cave; and Sha'ul went
in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the
innermost parts of the cave. 4 The
men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which the LORD said to
you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall
do to him as it shall seem good to you. Then David arose, and cut
off the skirt of Sha'ul's robe secretly. 5 It
happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had
cut off Sha'ul's skirt. 6 He
said to his men, the LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my
lord, the LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing
he is the LORD's anointed. 7 So
David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to
rise against Sha'ul. Sha'ul rose up out of the cave, and went on his
way. 8 David
also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after
Sha'ul, saying, My lord the king. When Sha'ul looked behind him,
David bowed with his face to the eretz, and did obeisance. 9 David
said to Sha'ul, Why listen you to men's words, saying, Behold, David
seeks your hurt? 10 Behold,
this day your eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered you
today into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you; but [my
eye] spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my
lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.11 Moreover,
my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for
in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know
you and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand,
and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt after my life to
take it. 12 The
LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you; but my
hand shall not be on you. 13 As
says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth
wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you. 14
After
whom is the king of Yisra'el come out? after whom do you pursue?
after a dead dog, after a flea. 15 The
LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and
see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand. 16 It
came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to
Sha'ul, that Sha'ul said, Is this your voice, my son David? Sha'ul
lifted up his voice, and wept. 17 He
said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have rendered
to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil. 18 You
have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me, because
when the LORD had delivered me up into your hand, you didn't kill
me. 19 For
if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed?
Therefore may the LORD reward you good for that which you have done
to me this day. 20 Now,
behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom
of Yisra'el shall be established in your hand. 21 Swear
now therefore to me by the LORD, that you will not cut off my seed
after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's
house. 22 David
swore to Sha'ul. Sha'ul went home; but David and his men got them up
to the stronghold.
25:1 Shemu'el
died; and all Yisra'el gathered themselves together, and lamented
him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went
down to the wilderness of Paran. 2 There
was a man in Ma`on, whose possessions were in Karmel; and the man
was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand
goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Karmel. 3 Now
the name of the man was Naval; and the name of his wife Avigayil;
and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face:
but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the
house of Kalev. 4 David
heard in the wilderness that Naval was shearing his sheep. 5 David
sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to
Karmel, and go to Naval, and greet him in my name: 6 and
thus shall you tell him who lives [in prosperity], Shalom be to you,
and shalom be to your house, and shalom be to all that you have. 7
Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now
been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything
missing to them, all the while they were in Karmel. 8 Ask
your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men
find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give
whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son
David. 9 When
David's young men came, they spoke to Naval according to all those
words in the name of David, and ceased. 10 Naval
answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the
son of Yishai? there are many servants now-a-days who break away
every man from his master. 11 Shall
I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed
for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come
from? 12 So
David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and
told him according to all these words. 13 David
said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. They girded on
every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there
went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by
the baggage. 14 But
one of the young men told Avigayil, Naval's wife, saying, Behold,
David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and
he railed at them. 15 But
the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed
we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the
fields: 16 they
were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were
with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is
determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is
such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him. 18 Then
Avigayil made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of
wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched
grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of
figs, and laid them on donkeys. 19 She
said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you.
But she didn't tell her husband, Naval. 20 It
was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of
the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her;
and she met them. 21
Now
David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has
in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained
to him: and he has returned me evil for good. 22 God
do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that
belongs to him by the morning light so much as one
man-child. 23 When
Avigayil saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and
fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. 24
She
fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity;
and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of
your handmaid. 25
Please
don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Naval; for as
his name is, so is he; Naval is his name, and folly is with him: but
I your handmaid didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you did
send. 26 Now
therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives,
seeing the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from
avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your
enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Naval. 27 Now
this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be
given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please
forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for the LORD will certainly
make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the
LORD; and evil shall not be found in you all your days. 29 Though
men be risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul
of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your
God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as from
the hollow of a sling. 30 It
shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord
according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and
shall have appointed you prince over Yisra'el, 31 that
this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord,
either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has
avenged himself. When the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord,
then remember your handmaid. 32 David
said to Avigayil, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, who sent
you this day to meet me: 33 and
blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me
this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own
hand. 34 For
in very deed, as the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, lives, who has
withheld me from hurting you, except you had hurried and come to
meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Naval by the
morning light so much as one man-child. 35 So
David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he
said to her, Go up in shalom to your house; behold, I have listened
to your voice, and have accepted your person. 36 Avigayil
came to Naval; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the
feast of a king; and Naval's heart was merry within him, for he was
very drunken: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until
the morning light. 37 It
happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Naval, that
his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and
he became as a stone. 38 It
happened about ten days after, that the LORD struck Naval, so that
he died. 39 When
David heard that Naval was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, who
has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Naval, and has
kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Naval has the
LORD returned on his own head. David sent and spoke concerning
Avigayil, to take her to him as wife. 40 When
the servants of David were come to Avigayil to Karmel, they spoke to
her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to him as
wife. 41
She
arose, and bowed herself with her face to the eretz, and said,
Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants
of my lord.
42
Avigayil
hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers
who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and
became his wife. 43 David
also took Achino'am of Yizre`el; and they became both of them his
wives. 44 Now
Sha'ul had given Mikhal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son
of Layish, who was of Gallim.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 10:22 - 42
10:22 It
was the Feast of Hanukkah at Yerushalayim.
23 It
was winter, and Yeshua was walking in the temple, in Shlomo's porch.
24 The
Yehudim therefore came around him and said to him, "How long
will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us
plainly."
25 Yeshua
answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works
that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
26 But
you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
27 My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 I
give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will
snatch them out of my hand.
29 My
Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is
able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
30 I
and the Father are one."
31
Therefore
Yehudim took up stones again to stone him.
32 Yeshua
answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my
Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
33 The
Yehudim answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but
for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."
34
Yeshua
answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said, you are
gods?'
35 If
he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture
can't be broken),
36 Do
you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world,
'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
37 If
I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.
38 But
if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that
you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the
Father."
39 They
sought again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand.
40 He
went away again beyond the Yarden into the place where Yochanan was
at the first immersing, and there he stayed.
41 Many
came to him. They said, "Yochanan indeed did no sign, but
everything that Yochanan said about this man is true."
42 Many
believed in him there.
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
