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Daily Bible Reading
July 23 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 67,71
Psalm 67
All Will Praise God
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us;
look on us with favor(a)
2 so that Your way may be known on earth,
Your salvation among all nations.(b)
3 Let the peoples praise You, God;
let all the peoples praise You.(c)
4 Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,
for You judge the peoples with fairness
and lead the nations on earth.(d)
5 Let the peoples praise You, God,
let all the peoples praise You.(e)
6 The earth has produced its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.(f)
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.(g)
Psalm 68
God's Majestic Power
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.
1 God arises. His enemies scatter,
and those who hate Him flee from His presence.(a)
2 As smoke is blown away,
so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.(b)
3 But the righteous are glad;
they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.(c)
4 Sing to God! Sing praises to His name.
Exalt Him who rides on the clouds[a] —
His name is Yahweh[b]—and rejoice before Him.(d)
5 God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.(e)
6 God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,[c]
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.(f)
7 God, when You went out before Your people,
when You marched through the desert,
8 the earth trembled and the skies poured down rain
before God, the God of Sinai,[d]
before God, the God of Israel.(g)
9 You, God, showered abundant rain;
You revived Your inheritance when it languished.(h)
10 Your people settled in it;
God, You provided for the poor by Your goodness.(i)
11 The Lord gave the command;
a great company of women brought the good news:(j)
12 "The kings of the armies flee—they flee!"
She who stays at home divides the spoil.(k)
13 While[e] you lie among the sheepfolds,[f]
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.(l)
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in the land,
it snowed on Zalmon.[g](m)
15 Mount Bashan is God's towering mountain;
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.(n)
16 Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain[h] God desired for His dwelling?
The
Lord
will live there forever!(o)
17 God's chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;(p)
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary[i]
as He was at Sinai.(q)
18 You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from[j] people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the
Lord
God might live there.[k](r)
19 May the Lord be praised!
Day after day He bears our burdens;
God is our salvation.(s)
20 Our God is a God of salvation,
and escape from death belongs to the Lord
God
.(t)
21 Surely God crushes the heads of His enemies,
the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.(u)
22 The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea(v)
23 so that your foot may wade[l] in blood
and your dogs' tongues may have their share
from the enemies."(w)
24 People have seen Your procession, God,
the procession of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.[m](x)
25 Singers[n] lead the way,
with musicians following;
among them are young women
playing tambourines.(y)
26 Praise God in the assemblies;
praise the
Lord
from the fountain of Israel.(z)
27 There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them,
the rulers of Judah in their assembly,[o]
the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.(aa)
28 Your God has decreed your strength.
Show Your strength, God,
You who have acted on our behalf.(ab)
29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
kings will bring tribute to You.(ac)
30 Rebuke the beast[p] in the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.(ad)
Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.[q]
Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.(ae)
31 Ambassadors will come[r] from Egypt;
Cush will stretch out its hands[s] to God.(af)
32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
sing praise to the Lord,(ag)
33 to Him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.(ah)
Look, He thunders with His powerful voice!(ai)
34 Ascribe power to God.
His majesty is over Israel,
His power among the clouds.(aj)
35 God, You are awe-inspiring in Your sanctuaries.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to His people.
May God be praised!(ak)
Psalm 69
A Plea for Rescue
For the choir director: according to "The Lilies."[a] Davidic.
1 Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.(a)
2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.(b)
3 I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.(c)
4 Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.(d)
Though I did not steal, I must repay.(e)
5 God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.(f)
6 Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord
God
of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.(g)
7 For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.(h)
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother's sons(i)
9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me,(j)
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.(k)
10 I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.(l)
11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
12 Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.(m)
13 But as for me,
Lord
,
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.(n)
14 Rescue me from the miry mud; don't let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.(o)
15 Don't let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don't let the Pit close its mouth over me.(p)
16 Answer me,
Lord
,
for Your faithful love is good;
in keeping with Your great compassion,
turn to me.(q)
17 Don't hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!(r)
18 Draw near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.(s)
19 You know the insults I endure—
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.(t)
20 Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.(u)
21 Instead, they gave me gall[b] for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.(v)
22 Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.(w)
23 Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their loins continually shake.(x)
24 Pour out Your rage on them,
and let Your burning anger overtake them.(y)
25 Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents.(z)
26 For they persecute the one You struck
and talk about the pain of those You wounded.(aa)
27 Add guilt to their guilt;
do not let them share in Your righteousness.(ab)
28 Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.(ac)
29 But as for me—poor and in pain—
let Your salvation protect me, God.(ad)
30 I will praise God's name with song
and exalt Him with thanksgiving.(ae)
31 That will please Yahweh more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.(af)
32 The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart!(ag)
33 For the
Lord
listens to the needy
and does not despise
His own who are prisoners.(ah)
34 Let heaven and earth praise Him,
the seas and everything that moves in them,(ai)
35 for God will save Zion
and build up[c] the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.(aj)
36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
and those who love His name will live in it.(ak)
Psalm 70
A Call for Deliverance
For the choir director. Davidic. To bring remembrance.(a)
1 God, deliver me.
Hurry to help me,
Lord
!(b)
2 Let those who seek my life
be disgraced and confounded;
let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.
3 Let those who say, "Aha, aha!"
retreat because of their shame.(c)
4 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation
continually say, "God is great!"(d)
5 I am afflicted and needy;
hurry to me, God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Lord
, do not delay.(e)
Psalm 71
God's Help in Old Age
1
Lord
, I seek refuge in You;
let me never be disgraced.(a)
2 In Your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me.(b)
3 Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and fortress.(c)
4 Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.(d)
5 For You are my hope, Lord
God
,
my confidence from my youth.(e)
6 I have leaned on You from birth;
You took me from my mother's womb.(f)
My praise is always about You.(g)
7 I have become an ominous sign to many,
but You are my strong refuge.(h)
8 My mouth is full of praise
and honor to You all day long.(i)
9 Don't discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.(j)
10 For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,(k)
11 saying, "God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him."(l)
12 God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.(m)
13 May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who seek my harm
be covered with disgrace and humiliation.(n)
14 But I will hope continually
and will praise You more and more.(o)
15 My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.(p)
16 I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord
God
;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.(q)
17 God, You have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim Your wonderful works.(r)
18 Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.(s)
Then I will[a] proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.(t)
19 Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?(u)
20 You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,(v)
but You will revive me again.(w)
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.(x)
21 You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.(y)
22 Therefore, I will praise You with a harp
for Your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to You with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.(z)
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.(aa)
24 Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
Your righteousness all day long,
for those who seek my harm
will be disgraced and confounded.(ab)
Philippians 2
Chapter 2
Christian Humility
1 If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love,(a) if any fellowship with the Spirit,(b) if any affection and mercy,(c) 2 fulfill my joy by thinking the same way,(d) having the same love,(e) sharing the same feelings, focusing on one(f) goal. 3 Do nothing out of rivalry(g) or conceit,(h) but in humility(i) consider others as more important(j) than yourselves. 4 Everyone should look out not only for his own interests,(k) but also for the interests of others.(l)
Christ's Humility and Exaltation
5 Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,
6 who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God(m)
as something to be used for His own advantage.[a]
7 Instead He emptied Himself(n)
by assuming the form of a slave,(o)
taking on the likeness of men.(p)
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,
8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.(q)
9 For this reason God highly exalted Him(r)
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow(s)—
of those who are in heaven(t) and on earth
and under the earth(u)—
11 and every tongue(v) should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,[b]
to the glory(w) of God the Father.
Lights in the World
12 So then, my dear friends,(x) just as you have always obeyed,(y) not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose. 14 Do everything without grumbling(z) and arguing,(aa) 15 so that you may be blameless(ab) and pure,(ac) children of God who are faultless(ad) in a crooked(ae) and perverted(af) generation,(ag) among whom you shine like stars in the world. 16 Hold firmly to[c] the message(ah) of life. Then I can boast(ai) in the day of Christ(aj) that I didn't run or labor for nothing. 17 But even if I am poured out(ak) as a drink offering(al) on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18 In the same way you should also be glad and rejoice with me.
Timothy and Epaphroditus
19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus(am) to send Timothy(an) to you soon so that I also may be encouraged when I hear news about you. 20 For I have no one else like-minded who will genuinely care about your interests; 21 all seek their own interests,(ao) not those of Jesus Christ.(ap) 22 But you know his proven character, because he has served with me in the gospel ministry like a son with a father. 23 Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. 24 I am convinced in the Lord that I myself will also come quickly.(aq)
25 But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus(ar)—my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister to my need(as)— 26 since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was sick. 27 Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another. 28 For this reason, I am very eager to send him so that you may rejoice when you see him again and I may be less anxious. 29 Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor, 30 because he came close to death for the work(at) of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.
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