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Daily Bible Reading
June 7 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 139,140,141
Psalm 139
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
1
Lord
, You have searched me and known me.(a)
2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.(b)
3 You observe my travels and my rest;
You are aware of all my ways.(c)
4 Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it,
Lord
.(d)
5 You have encircled me;
You have placed Your hand on me.(e)
6 This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.(f)
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?(g)
8 If I go up to heaven, You are there;(h)
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.(i)
9 If I live at the eastern horizon
or settle at the western limits,[a]
10 even there Your hand will lead me;
Your right hand will hold on to me.(j)
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night"(k)—
12 even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.(l)
13 For it was You who created my inward parts;[b]
You knit me together in my mother's womb.(m)
14 I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.[c][d]
Your works are wonderful,
and I know this very well.(n)
15 My bones were not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.(o)
16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began.(p)
17 God, how difficult[e] Your thoughts are
for me to comprehend;
how vast their sum is!
18 If I counted them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand;(q)
when I wake up,[f] I am still with You.(r)
19 God, if only You would kill the wicked—
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me(s)—
20 who invoke You deceitfully.
Your enemies swear by You falsely.(t)
21
Lord
, don't I hate those who hate You,
and detest those who rebel against You?
22 I hate them with extreme hatred;
I consider them my enemies.(u)
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.(v)
24 See if there is any offensive[g] way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way.(w)
Psalm 140
Prayer for Rescue
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
1 Rescue me,
Lord
, from evil men.
Keep me safe from violent men(a)
2 who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.(b)
3 They make their tongues
as sharp as a snake's bite;
viper's venom is under their lips.(c)
4 Protect me,
Lord
,
from the clutches of the wicked.(d)
Keep me safe from violent men
who plan to make me stumble.[a](e)
5 The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.(f)
6 I say to the
Lord
, "You are my God."
Listen,
Lord
, to my cry for help.(g)
7 Lord
God
, my strong Savior,
You shield my head on the day of battle.(h)
8
Lord
, do not grant the desires of the wicked;
do not let them achieve their goals.
Otherwise, they will become proud.(i)
9 When those who surround me rise up,[b]
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.(j)
10 Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.(k)
11 Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly[c] hunt down a violent man.(l)
12 I[d] know that the
Lord
upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.(m)
13 Surely the righteous will praise Your name;
the upright will live in Your presence.(n)
Psalm 141
Protection from Sin and Sinners
A Davidic psalm.
1
Lord
, I call on You; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on You.(a)
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense,(b)
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.(c)
3
Lord
, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.(d)
4 Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts
with men who commit sin.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.(e)
5 Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me[a] not refuse it.(f)
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.[b](g)
6 When their rulers[c] will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people[d] will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing.(h)
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our[e] bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.(i)
8 But my eyes look to You, Lord
God
.
I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.[f](j)
9 Protect me from[g] the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.(k)
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.(l)
John 17
Chapter 17
Jesus Prays for Himself
1 Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said:
Father,
the hour has come.
Glorify Your Son
so that the Son(a) may glorify You,
(b)
2 for You gave Him authority
over all flesh;
[a](c)
so He may give eternal life
(d)
to all You have given Him.
(e)
3 This is eternal life:
that they may know You, the only(f) true(g) God,
and the One You have sent(h)—Jesus Christ.
(i)
4 I have glorified You on the earth
by completing the work You gave Me to do.
5 Now, Father,(j) glorify Me in Your presence
with that glory(k) I had with You
before the world existed.
(l)
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 I have revealed Your name
(m)
to the men You gave Me(n) from the world.
(o)
They were Yours, You gave them to Me,
(p)
and they have kept Your word.
(q)
7 Now they know that all things
You have given to Me are from You,
8 because the words that You gave Me,
(r)
I have given them.
They have received them
and have known for certain
that I came from You.
(s)
They have believed that You sent Me.
9 I pray[b] for them.
I am not praying for the world
but for those You have given Me,
(t)
because they are Yours.
10 Everything I have is Yours,
and everything You have is Mine,
(u)
and I have been glorified in them.
11 I am no longer in the world,
but they are in the world,
and I am coming to You.
(v)
Holy(w) Father,
protect[c] them by Your name
(x)
that You have given Me,
so that they may be one(y) as We are(z) one.
12 While I was with them,
I was protecting them by Your name
that You have given Me.
I guarded(aa) them and not one of them is lost,
except the son of destruction,
[d]
so that the Scripture(ab) may be fulfilled.
(ac)
13 Now I am coming to You,
and I speak these things in the world
so that they may have My joy completed in them.
14 I have given them Your word.
The world hated(ad) them
because they are not of the world,
(ae)
as I am not of the world.
(af)
15 I am not praying
that You take them out of the world
but that You protect them from the evil one.
(ag)
16 They are not of the world,
as I am not of the world.
(ah)
17 Sanctify
[e](ai)
them by the truth;
(aj)
Your word is truth.
18 As You sent Me into the world,
(ak)
I also have sent them into the world.
19 I sanctify Myself for them,
so they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 I pray not only for these,
but also for those who believe in Me
through their message.
21 May they all be one,
(al)
as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You.
(am)
May they also be one[f] in Us,
so the world may believe You sent Me.
22 I have given them the glory(an) You have given Me.
May they be one as We are one.
23 I am in them and You are in Me.
(ao)
May they be made completely one,
so the world may know You have sent Me
and have loved(ap) them as You have loved Me.
(aq)
24 Father,
I desire those You have given Me
to be with Me where I am.
(ar)
Then they will see My glory,
which You have given Me
because You loved Me before the world's foundation.
25 Righteous Father!
The world has not known You.
However, I have known You,
(as)
and these have known that You sent Me.
26 I made Your name(at) known to them
and will make it known,
so the love You have loved Me with
may be in them and I may be in them.
(au)
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