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Daily Bible Reading
July 24 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 89,92
Psalm 89[a]
A maskil[b] of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I will sing(a) of the
Lord
's great love forever;
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known(b)
through all generations.
2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.(c)
3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant,
4 ‘I will establish your line forever
and make your throne firm through all generations.'"[c](d)
5 The heavens(e) praise your wonders,
Lord
,
your faithfulness too, in the assembly(f) of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies above can compare with the
Lord
?
Who is like the
Lord
among the heavenly beings?(g)
7 In the council(h) of the holy ones(i) God is greatly feared;
he is more awesome than all who surround him.(j)
8 Who is like you,(k)
Lord
God Almighty?(l)
You,
Lord
, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
9 You rule over the surging sea;
when its waves mount up, you still them.(m)
10 You crushed Rahab(n) like one of the slain;
with your strong arm you scattered(o) your enemies.
11 The heavens are yours,(p) and yours also the earth;(q)
you founded the world and all that is in it.(r)
12 You created the north and the south;
Tabor(s) and Hermon(t) sing for joy(u) at your name.
13 Your arm is endowed with power;
your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.(v)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;(w)
love and faithfulness go before you.(x)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk(y) in the light(z) of your presence,
Lord
.
16 They rejoice in your name(aa) all day long;
they celebrate your righteousness.
17 For you are their glory and strength,(ab)
and by your favor you exalt our horn.[d](ac)
18 Indeed, our shield[e](ad) belongs to the
Lord
,
our king(ae) to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
"I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David(af) my servant;(ag)
with my sacred oil(ah) I have anointed(ai) him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.(aj)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;(ak)
the wicked will not oppress(al) him.
23 I will crush his foes before him(am)
and strike down his adversaries.(an)
24 My faithful love will be with him,(ao)
and through my name his horn[f] will be exalted.
25 I will set his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers.(ap)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,(aq)
my God, the Rock(ar) my Savior.'(as)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,(at)
the most exalted(au) of the kings(av) of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
and my covenant with him will never fail.(aw)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as the heavens endure.(ax)
30 "If his sons forsake my law
and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they violate my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
their iniquity with flogging;(ay)
33 but I will not take my love from him,(az)
nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
or alter what my lips have uttered.(ba)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
and I will not lie to David—
36 that his line will continue forever
and his throne endure before me like the sun;(bb)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky."(bc)
38 But you have rejected,(bd) you have spurned,
you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
and have defiled his crown in the dust.(be)
40 You have broken through all his walls(bf)
and reduced his strongholds(bg) to ruins.
41 All who pass by have plundered(bh) him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.(bi)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.(bj)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
and have not supported him in battle.(bk)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short(bl) the days of his youth;
you have covered him with a mantle of shame.(bm)
46 How long,
Lord
? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?(bn)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(bo)
For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 Who can live and not see death,
or who can escape the power of the grave?(bp)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[g] been mocked,(bq)
how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies,
Lord
, have mocked,
with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.(br)
52 Praise be to the
Lord
forever!
Amen and Amen.(bs)
BOOK IV
Psalms 90–106
Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place(a)
throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born(b)
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting(c) you are God.(d)
3 You turn people back to dust,
saying, "Return to dust, you mortals."(e)
4 A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.(f)
5 Yet you sweep people away(g) in the sleep of death—
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.(h)
7 We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins(i) in the light of your presence.(j)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.(k)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,(l)
or eighty,(m) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(n)
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(o)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath(p) is as great as the fear that is your due.(q)
12 Teach us to number our days,(r)
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(s)
13 Relent,
Lord
! How long(t) will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.(u)
14 Satisfy(v) us in the morning with your unfailing love,(w)
that we may sing for joy(x) and be glad all our days.(y)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.(z)
17 May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.(aa)
Psalm 91
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter(a) of the Most High
will rest in the shadow(b) of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the
Lord
, "He is my refuge(c) and my fortress,(d)
my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler's snare(e)
and from the deadly pestilence.(f)
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;(g)
his faithfulness will be your shield(h) and rampart.
5 You will not fear(i) the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.(j)
9 If you say, "The
Lord
is my refuge,"
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm(k) will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels(l) concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;(m)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.(n)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.(o)
14 "Because he[b] loves me," says the
Lord
, "I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.(p)
16 With long life(q) I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.(r)"
Psalm 92[a]
A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1 It is good to praise the
Lord
and make music(a) to your name,(b) O Most High,(c)
2 proclaiming your love in the morning(d)
and your faithfulness at night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre(e)
and the melody of the harp.(f)
4 For you make me glad by your deeds,
Lord
;
I sing for joy(g) at what your hands have done.(h)
5 How great are your works,(i)
Lord
,
how profound your thoughts!(j)
6 Senseless people(k) do not know,
fools do not understand,
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.(l)
8 But you, Lord , are forever exalted.
9 For surely your enemies(m),
Lord
,
surely your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.(n)
10 You have exalted my horn[b](o) like that of a wild ox;(p)
fine oils(q) have been poured on me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.(r)
12 The righteous will flourish(s) like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;(t)
13 planted in the house of the
Lord
,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.(u)
14 They will still bear fruit(v) in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, "The
Lord
is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.(w)"
Philippians 3
Chapter 3
No Confidence in the Flesh
1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,(a) and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs,(b) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision,(c) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,(d) and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.(e)
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised(f) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(g) of the tribe of Benjamin,(h) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(i) 6 as for zeal,(j) persecuting the church;(k) as for righteousness based on the law,(l) faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(m) for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(n) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(o) 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(p) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(q) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(r) 10 I want to know(s) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(t) becoming like him in his death,(u) 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(v) from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(w) but I press on to take hold(x) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(y) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(z) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(aa) toward the goal to win the prize(ab) for which God has called(ac) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Following Paul's Example
15 All of us, then, who are mature(ad) should take such a view of things.(ae) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.(af) 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
17 Join together in following my example,(ag) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(ah) 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,(ai) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.(aj) 19 Their destiny(ak) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(al) and their glory is in their shame.(am) Their mind is set on earthly things.(an) 20 But our citizenship(ao) is in heaven.(ap) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(aq) 21 who, by the power(ar) that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies(as) so that they will be like his glorious body.(at)
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