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August 9 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 147,148
Praise for Jerusalem's Restoration and Prosperity.
1 (F1)Praise (F2)the LORD!
For (C1)it is good to sing praises to our God;
For (F3)it is pleasant and praise is (F4)(C2)beautiful.
2 The LORD (C1)builds up Jerusalem;
He (C2)gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the (C1)brokenhearted
And (C2)binds up their (F1)wounds.
4 He (C1)counts the number of the stars;
He (F1)(C2)gives names to all of them.
5 (C1)Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His (C2)understanding is (F1)infinite.
6 The LORD (F1)(C1)supports the afflicted;
He brings the wicked down to the ground.
7 (C1)Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre;
8 It is He who (C1)covers the heavens with clouds,
Who (C2)provides rain for the earth,
Who (C3)makes grass sprout on the mountains.
9 It is He who (C1)gives an animal its food,
And feeds (C2)young ravens that cry.
10 He does not delight in (F1)the strength of the (C1)horse;
He (C2)does not take pleasure in the (F1)legs of a man.
11 The LORD (C1)favors those who fear Him,
(C2)Those who wait for His (F1)faithfulness.
12 Praise the LORD, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
13 For He has strengthened the (C1)bars of your gates;
He has (C2)blessed your sons among you.
14 He (C1)makes (F1)peace in your borders;
He (C2)satisfies you with (C3)the (F2)finest of the wheat.
15 He sends His (C1)command to the earth;
His (C2)word runs very swiftly.
16 He (F1)showers (C1)snow like wool;
He scatters the (C2)frost like ashes.
17 He hurls His (C1)ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His (C2)cold?
18 He (C1)sends His word and makes them melt;
He (C2)makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.
19 He (C1)declares His words to Jacob,
His (C2)statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He (C1)has not dealt this way with any other nation;
And as for His judgments, (F1)they have (C2)not known them.
(F2)Praise (F3)the LORD!
The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the LORD.
1 (F1)Praise (F2)the LORD!
Praise the LORD (C1)from the heavens;
Praise Him (C2)in the heights!
2 Praise Him, (C1)all His angels;
Praise Him, (C2)all His heavenly armies!
3 Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all stars of light!
4 Praise Him, (F1)(C1)highest heavens,
And the (C2)waters that are above the heavens!
5 They are to praise the name of the LORD,
For (C1)He commanded and they were created.
6 He has also (C1)established them forever and ever;
He has made a (C2)decree, and it will not pass away.
7 Praise the LORD from the earth,
(C1)Sea monsters, and all the ocean (C2)depths;
8 (C1)Fire and hail, (C2)snow and (C3)clouds;
(C4)Stormy wind, (C5)fulfilling His word;
9 (C1)Mountains and all hills;
Fruit (C2)trees and all cedars;
10 (C1)Animals and all cattle;
(C2)Crawling things and winged fowl;
11 (C1)Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Rulers and all judges of the earth;
12 Both young men and virgins;
Old men and children.
13 They are to praise the name of the LORD,
For His (C1)name alone is exalted;
His (C2)majesty is above earth and heaven.
14 And He has (C1)lifted up a horn for His people,
(C2)Praise for all His godly ones,
For the sons of Israel, a people (C3)near to Him.
(F1)Praise (F2)the LORD!
1 Corinthians 4
Chapter 4
Servants of Christ
1 This is the way any person is to regard us: as (C1)servants of Christ and (C2)stewards of (C3)the mysteries of God.2 In this case, moreover, it is required (F1)of stewards that one be found trustworthy.3 But to me it is an insignificant matter that I would be examined by you, or by any human (F1)court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.4 For I (C1)am not aware of anything against myself; however I am not (C2)vindicated by this, but the one who examines me is the Lord.5 Therefore (C1)do not go on (F1)passing judgment before (F2)the time, but wait (C2)until the Lord comes, who will both (C3)bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of human hearts; and then (C4)praise will come to each person from God.
6 Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos on your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed (C1)what is written, so that no one of you will (C2)become (F1)arrogant (C3)in behalf of one against the other.7 For who considers you as superior? (C1)What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
8 You are (C1)already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you!9 For I think, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all as men (C1)condemned to death, because we (C2)have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to mankind.10 We are (C1)fools on account of Christ, but (C2)you are prudent in Christ! (C3)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are without honor!11 Up to this present hour we are both (C1)hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless;12 and we labor, (C1)working with our own hands; when we are (C2)verbally abused, we bless; when we are (C3)persecuted, we endure it;13 when we are slandered, we (F1)reply as friends; we have (C1)become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.
14 I do not write these things to (C1)shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved (C2)children.15 For if you were to have countless (C1)tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in (C2)Christ Jesus I (C3)became your father through the (C4)gospel.16 Therefore I urge you, be (C1)imitators of me.17 For this reason I (C1)have sent to you (C2)Timothy, who is my (C3)beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, (C4)just as I teach everywhere in every church.18 Now some have become (F1)(C1)arrogant, as though I were not (C2)coming to you.19 But I (C1)will come to you soon, (C2)if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the (F1)words of those who are (C3)arrogant, but their power.20 For the kingdom of God is (C1)not in (F1)words, but in power.21 What do you desire? (C1)That I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
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