the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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May 30 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 31,35
Psalm 31
A Plea for Protection
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
1
Lord
, I seek refuge in You;
let me never be disgraced.(a)
Save me by Your righteousness.
2 Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.(b)
3 For You are my rock and my fortress;(c)
You lead and guide me
because of Your name.(d)
4 You will free me from the net
that is secretly set for me,
for You are my refuge.(e)
5 Into Your hand I entrust my spirit;(f)
You redeem[a] me,
Lord
, God of truth.(g)
6 I[b] hate those who are devoted to worthless idols,
but I trust in the
Lord
.(h)
7 I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful love
because You have seen my affliction.
You have known the troubles of my life(i)
8 and have not handed me over to the enemy.(j)
You have set my feet in a spacious place.(k)
9 Be gracious to me,
Lord
,
because I am in distress;(l)
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being[c] as well.(m)
10 Indeed, my life is consumed with grief
and my years with groaning;(n)
my strength has failed
because of my sinfulness,[d]
and my bones waste away.(o)
11 I am ridiculed by all my adversaries
and even by my neighbors.
I am dreaded by my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street run from me.(p)
12 I am forgotten: gone from memory
like a dead person—like broken pottery.(q)
13 I have heard the gossip of many;
terror is on every side.(r)
When they conspired against me,
they plotted to take my life.(s)
14 But I trust in You,
Lord
;
I say, "You are my God."(t)
15 The course of my life is in Your power;(u)
deliver me from the power of my enemies
and from my persecutors.(v)
16 Show Your favor to Your servant;
save me by Your faithful love.(w)
17
Lord
, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.(x)
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent[e][f] in Sheol.(y)
18 Let lying lips be quieted;(z)
they speak arrogantly against the righteous
with pride and contempt.(aa)
19 How great is Your goodness
that You have stored up for those who fear You
and accomplished in the sight of everyone
for those who take refuge in You.(ab)
20 You hide them in the protection of Your presence;
You conceal them in a shelter[g]
from the schemes of men,
from quarrelsome tongues.(ac)
21 May the
Lord
be praised,
for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me
in a city under siege.[h](ad)
22 In my alarm I had said,
"I am cut off from Your sight."(ae)
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.(af)
23 Love the
Lord
, all His faithful ones.(ag)
The
Lord
protects the loyal,
but fully repays the arrogant.(ah)
24 Be strong[i] and courageous,
all you who put your hope in the
Lord
.(ai)
Psalm 32
The Joy of Forgiveness
Davidic. A Maskil.
1 How joyful is the one
whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered!(a)
2 How joyful is the man
the
Lord
does not charge with sin(b)
and in whose spirit is no deceit!(c)
3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.(d)
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy on me;(e)
my strength was drained[a]
as in the summer's heat.(f)
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You
and did not conceal my iniquity.
I said,
"I will confess my transgressions to the
Lord
,"
and You took away the guilt of my sin.(g)
6 Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.[b](h)
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.(i)
7 You are my hiding place;(j)
You protect me from trouble.(k)
You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance.
8 I will instruct you and show you the way to go;(l)
with My eye on you, I will give counsel.(m)
9 Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.(n)
10 Many pains come to the wicked,(o)
but the one who trusts in the
Lord
will have faithful love surrounding him.(p)
11 Be glad in the
Lord
and rejoice,
you righteous ones;
shout for joy,
all you upright in heart.(q)
Psalm 33
Praise to the Creator
1 Rejoice in the
Lord
, you righteous ones;
praise from the upright is beautiful.(a)
2 Praise the
Lord
with the lyre;
make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.(b)
3 Sing a new song to Him;(c)
play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.(d)
4 For the word of the
Lord
is right,
and all His work is trustworthy.(e)
5 He loves righteousness and justice;(f)
the earth is full of the
Lord
's unfailing love.(g)
6 The heavens were made by the word of the
Lord
,(h)
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.(i)
7 He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap;[a]
He puts the depths into storehouses.(j)
8 Let the whole earth tremble before the
Lord
;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.(k)
9 For He spoke, and it came into being;
He commanded, and it came into existence.(l)
10 The
Lord
frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.(m)
11 The counsel of the
Lord
stands forever,
the plans of His heart from generation to generation.(n)
12 Happy is the nation whose God is Yahweh—
the people He has chosen to be His own possession!(o)
13 The
Lord
looks down from heaven;
He observes everyone.(p)
14 He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth
from His dwelling place.(q)
15 He alone shapes their hearts;
He considers all their works.(r)
16 A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.(s)
17 The horse is a false hope for safety;
it provides no escape by its great power.(t)
18 Now the eye of the
Lord
is on those who fear Him—
those who depend on His faithful love(u)
19 to deliver them from death
and to keep them alive in famine.(v)
20 We wait for Yahweh;(w)
He is our help and shield.(x)
21 For our hearts rejoice in Him(y)
because we trust in His holy name.(z)
22 May Your faithful love rest on us, Yahweh,
for we put our hope in You.(aa)
Psalm 34
The Lord Delivers the Righteous
Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech,[a](a) who drove him out, and he departed.
1 I[b] will praise the
Lord
at all times;
His praise will always be on my lips.(b)
2 I will boast in the
Lord
;(c)
the humble will hear and be glad.(d)
3 Proclaim Yahweh's greatness with me;(e)
let us exalt His name together.(f)
4 I sought the
Lord
, and He answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.(g)
5 Those who look to Him are[c] radiant with joy;(h)
their faces will never be ashamed.(i)
6 This poor man cried, and the
Lord
heard him
and saved him from all his troubles.(j)
7 The Angel of the
Lord
encamps
around those who fear Him, and rescues them.(k)
8 Taste and see that the
Lord
is good.(l)
How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him!(m)
9 You who are His holy ones, fear Yahweh,
for those who fear Him lack nothing.(n)
10 Young lions[d] lack food and go hungry,(o)
but those who seek the
Lord
will not lack any good thing.(p)
11 Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the
Lord
.(q)
12 Who is the man who delights in life,
loving a long life to enjoy what is good?(r)
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.(s)
14 Turn away from evil and do what is good;(t)
seek peace and pursue it.(u)
15 The eyes of the
Lord
are on the righteous,
and His ears are open to their cry for help.(v)
16 The face of the
Lord
is set
against those who do what is evil,(w)
to erase[e] all memory of them from the earth.(x)
17 The righteous[f] cry out, and the
Lord
hears,
and delivers them from all their troubles.(y)
18 The
Lord
is near the brokenhearted;
He saves those crushed in spirit.(z)
19 Many adversities come to the one who is righteous,
but the
Lord
delivers him from them all.(aa)
20 He protects all his bones;
not one of them is broken.(ab)
21 Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.(ac)
22 The
Lord
redeems the life of His servants,
and all who take refuge in Him will not be punished.(ad)
Psalm 35
Prayer for Victory
Davidic.
1 Oppose my opponents,
Lord
;
fight those who fight me.(a)
2 Take Your shields—large and small—
and come to my aid.(b)
3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers,
and assure me: "I am your deliverance."(c)
4 Let those who seek to kill me
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed.(d)
5 Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the
Lord
driving them away.(e)
6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the
Lord
pursuing them.(f)
7 They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause.(g)
8 Let ruin come on him unexpectedly,
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his ruin.(h)
9 Then I will rejoice in the
Lord
;
I will delight in His deliverance.(i)
10 My very bones will say,
"
Lord
, who is like You,(j)
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?"(k)
11 Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.(l)
12 They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.(m)
13 Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.[a](n)
14 I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.(o)
15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.(p)
16 With godless mockery[b]
they gnashed their teeth at me.(q)
17 Lord, how long will You look on?(r)
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.(s)
18 I will praise You in the great congregation;
I will exalt You among many people.(t)
19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause(u)
look at me maliciously.(v)
20 For they do not speak in friendly ways,
but contrive deceitful schemes[c]
against those who live peacefully in the land.(w)
21 They open their mouths wide against me and say,
"Aha, aha! We saw it!"[d](x)
22 You saw it,
Lord
; do not be silent.
Lord, do not be far from me.(y)
23 Wake up and rise to my defense,
to my cause, my God and my
Lord
!(z)
24 Vindicate me,
Lord
my God,
in keeping with Your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me.(aa)
25 Do not let them say in their hearts,
"Aha! Just what we wanted."
Do not let them say,
"We have swallowed him up!"(ab)
26 Let those who rejoice at my misfortune
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who exalt themselves over me
be clothed with shame and reproach.(ac)
27 Let those who want my vindication
shout for joy and be glad;
let them continually say,
"The
Lord
be exalted.
He takes pleasure in His servant's well-being."(ad)
28 And my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness,
Your praise all day long.(ae)
John 11:30-57
Chapter 11
30 Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met Him. 31 The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb(y) to cry there.
32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet(z) and told Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died!"
33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry[b] in His spirit(aa) and deeply moved. 34 "Where have you put him?" He asked.
"Lord," they told Him, "come and see."
35 Jesus wept.(ab)
36 So the Jews said, "See how He loved(ac) him!" 37 But some of them said, "Couldn't He who opened the blind man's eyes(ad) also have kept this man from dying?"
The Seventh Sign: Raising Lazarus from the Dead
38 Then Jesus, angry[c] in Himself again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.(ae) 39 "Remove the stone," Jesus said.
Martha, the dead man's sister, told Him, "Lord, he's already decaying.[d] It's been four days."
40 Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory(af) of God?" (ag)
41 So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said, "Father, I thank(ah) You that You heard Me.(ai) 42 I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent(aj) Me." 43 After He said this, He shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 44 The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him and let him go."
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what He did believed in Him.(ak) 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees(al) and told them what Jesus had done.
47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin(am) and said, "What are we going to do since this man does many signs? 48 If we let Him continue in this way, everyone will believe in Him! Then the Romans(an) will come and remove both our place[e] and our nation."
49 One of them, Caiaphas,(ao) who was high priest(ap) that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all! 50 You're not considering that it is to your[f] advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."(aq) 51 He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die(ar) for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children(as) of God. 53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.(at) 54 Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly(au) among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness,(av) to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.
55 The Jewish Passover(aw) was near, and many went up to Jerusalem(ax) from the country to purify[g] themselves before the Passover. 56 They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex:(ay) "What do you think? He won't come to the festival,(az) will He?" 57 The chief priests(ba) and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it so they could arrest Him.
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