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December 16 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 81,82,83
God's Goodness and Israel's Waywardness.
1 (C1)Sing for joy to God our (C2)strength;
Shout (C3)joyfully to the (C4)God of Jacob.
2 Raise a song, strike (C1)the tambourine,
The sweet sounding (C2)lyre with the (C3)harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the (C1)new moon,
At the full moon, on our (C2)feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it as a testimony in Joseph
When he (F1)(C1)went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a (C2)language I did not know:
6 "I (F1)(C1)relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the (F2)basket.
7 "You (C1)called in trouble and I rescued you;
I (C2)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I put you to the test at the (C3)waters of Meribah. Selah
8 "(C1)Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;
Israel, if you (C2)would listen to Me!
9 "There shall be no (C1)strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship a foreign god.
10 "(C1)I, the LORD, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
(C2)Open your mouth wide and I will (C3)fill it.
11 "But My people (C1)did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not (F1)obey Me.
12 "So I (C1)gave (F1)them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk by their own plans.
13 "Oh that My people (C1)would listen to Me,
That Israel would (C2)walk in My ways!
14 "I would quickly (C1)subdue their enemies
And (C2)turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 "(C1)Those who hate the LORD would (C2)pretend to obey Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
16 "(F1)But I would feed you with the (F2)(C1)finest of the wheat,
And with (C2)honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
Unjust Judgments Rebuked.
1 God takes His (C1)position in (F1)His assembly;
He (C2)judges in the midst of the (C3)gods.
2 How long will you (C1)judge unjustly
And (C2)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 (C1)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4 (C1)Rescue the weak and needy;
Save them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They (C1)do not know nor do they understand;
They (C2)walk around in darkness;
All the (C3)foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 (F1)I (C1)said, "You are gods,
And all of you are (C2)sons of the Most High.
7 "Nevertheless (C1)you will die like men,
And fall like (C2)one of the princes."
8 (C1)Arise, God, (C2)judge the earth!
For You (C3)possess all the nations.
God Implored to Confound His Enemies.
1 God, (C1)do not remain quiet;
(C2)Do not be silent and, God, do not be still.
2 For behold, Your enemies (C1)make an uproar,
And (C2)those who hate You have (F1)(C3)exalted themselves.
3 They (C1)make shrewd plans against Your people,
And (F1)conspire together against (C2)Your (F2)treasured ones.
4 They have said, "Come, and (C1)let's wipe them out (F1)as a nation,
So that the (C2)name of Israel will no longer be remembered."
5 For they have (F1)(C1)conspired together with one mind;
They make a covenant against You:
6 The tents of (C1)Edom and the (C2)Ishmaelites,
(C3)Moab and the (C4)Hagrites;
7 (C1)Gebal, (C2)Ammon, and (C3)Amalek,
(C4)Philistia with the inhabitants of (C5)Tyre;
8 (C1)Assyria also has joined them;
They have become (F1)a help to the (C2)children of Lot. Selah
9 Deal with them (C1)as with Midian,
As (C2)with Sisera and Jabin at the river of Kishon,
10 Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who (C1)became like dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (C1)Oreb and Zeeb,
And all their leaders like (C2)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, "(C1)Let's possess for ourselves
The (C2)pastures of God."
13 My God, make them like the (F1)(C1)whirling dust,
Like (C2)chaff before the wind.
14 Like (C1)fire that burns the forest,
And like a flame that (C2)sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them (C1)with Your heavy gale,
And terrify them with Your storm.
16 (C1)Fill their faces with dishonor,
So that they will seek Your name, LORD.
17 May they be (C1)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And may they be humiliated and perish,
18 So that they will (C1)know that (C2)You alone, whose name is the LORD,
Are the (C3)Most High over all the earth.
Revelation 8
Chapter 8
The Seventh Seal: Trumpets
1 When the Lamb broke the (C1)seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.2 And I saw (C1)the seven angels who stand before God, and seven (C2)trumpets were given to them.
3 (C1)Another angel came and stood at the (C2)altar, holding a (C3)golden censer; and much (C4)incense was given to him, so that he might (F1)add it to the (C4)prayers of all the (F2)saints on the (C5)golden altar which was before the throne.4 And (C1)the smoke of the incense ascended from the angel's hand with the prayers of the (F1)saints before God.5 Then the angel (F1)took the (F2)censer and (C1)filled it with the fire of the altar, and (C2)hurled it to the earth; and there were (C3)peals of thunder and sounds, and flashes of lightning and an (C4)earthquake.
6 (C1)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.
7 The first sounded, and there was (C1)hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and (C2)a third of the earth was burned up, and (C2)a third of the (C3)trees were burned up, and all the green (C3)grass was burned up.
8 The second angel sounded, and something like a great (C1)mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea; and (C2)a third of the (C3)sea became blood,9 and (C1)a third of the creatures which were in the sea (F1)and had life, died; and a third of the (C2)ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel sounded, and a great star (C1)fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a (C2)third of the rivers and on the (C3)springs of waters.11 The star is named Wormwood; and a (C1)third of the waters became (C2)wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.
12 The fourth angel sounded, and a (C1)third of the (C2)sun, a third of the (C2)moon, and a (C1)third of the (C2)stars were struck, so that a (C1)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a (C1)third of it, and the night in the same way.
13 Then I looked, and I heard (F1)an eagle flying in (C1)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "(C2)Woe, woe, woe to (C3)those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the (C4)three angels who are about to sound!"
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