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April 29 - NT, Psalms & Proverbs
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Psalms 39-40
Chapter 39
The Futility of Life.
1 I said, "I will (C1)keep watch over my ways
So that I (C2)do not sin with my tongue;
I will keep watch over (C3)my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence."
2 I was (C1)mute (F1)and silent,
I (F2)refused to say even something good,
And my pain was stirred up.
3 My (C1)heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 "LORD, let me know (C1)my end,
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how (C2)transient I am.
5 "Behold, You have made (C1)my days like (F1)hand widths,
And my (C2)lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Certainly all mankind standing is (F2)a mere (C3)breath. Selah
6 "Certainly every person (C1)walks around as (F1)a fleeting shadow;
They certainly make an (C2)uproar for nothing;
He (C3)amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
7 "And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My (C1)hope is in You.
8 "(C1)Save me from all my wrongdoings;
Do not make me an object of (C2)reproach for the foolish.
9 "I have become (C1)mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is (C2)You who have done it.
10 "(C1)Remove Your plague from me;
Because of (C2)the opposition of Your hand I am (F1)perishing.
11 "With (C1)rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing;
You (C2)consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Certainly (C3)all mankind is mere breath! Selah
12 "(C1)Hear my prayer, LORD, and listen to my cry for help;
Do not be silent (C2)to my tears;
For I am (C3)a stranger with You,
(C4)One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.
13 "(C1)Turn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful again
Before I depart and am no more."
Chapter 40
God Sustains His Servant.
1 I (C1)waited (F1)patiently for the LORD;
And He reached down to me and (C2)heard my cry.
2 He brought me up out of the (C1)pit of (F1)destruction, out of the mud;
And (C2)He set my feet on a rock, (C3)making my footsteps firm.
3 He put a (C1)new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will (C2)see and fear
And will trust in the LORD.
4 How (C1)blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust,
And (C2)has not turned to the (F1)proud, nor to those who (C3)become involved in falsehood.
5 Many, LORD my God, are (C1)the wonders which You have done,
And Your (C2)thoughts toward us;
There is no one to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They (C3)would be too numerous to count.
6 (C1)You have not desired (F1)sacrifice and meal offering;
You have (F2)opened my ears;
You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come;
It is (F1)written of me in the scroll of the book.
8 "(C1)I delight to do Your will, my God;
(C2)Your Law is within my (F1)heart."
9 I have (C1)proclaimed good news of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will (C2)not restrain my lips,
LORD, (C3)You know.
10 I have (C1)not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have (C2)spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation.
11 You, LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
(F1)Your (C1)mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me.
12 For evils beyond number have (C1)surrounded me;
My (C2)guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are (C3)more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my (C4)heart has (F1)failed me.
13 (C1)Be pleased, LORD, to rescue me;
(C2)Hurry, LORD, to help me.
14 May those be (C1)ashamed and humiliated together
Who (C2)seek my (F1)life to destroy it;
May those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight (F2)in my hurt.
15 May those (C1)be (F1)appalled because of their shame
Who (C2)say to me, "Aha, aha!"
16 (C1)May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
May those who love Your salvation continually (C2)say,
"The LORD be exalted!"
17 But (C1)I am afflicted and needy;
(C2)May the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my savior;
Do not delay, my God.
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