the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Daily Bible Reading
July 24 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 89,92
Psalm 89
Perplexity about God's Promises
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.(a)
1 I will sing about the
Lord
's faithful love forever;(b)
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.(c)
2 For I will declare,
"Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens."(d)
3 The
Lord
said,
"I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.'"(e)
5
Lord
, the heavens praise Your wonders(f)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.(g)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the
Lord
?
Who among the heavenly beings[a] is like the
Lord
?(h)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than[b] all who surround Him.(i)
8
Lord
God of Hosts,
who is strong like You,
Lord
?(j)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.(k)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;(l)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.(m)
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.(n)
12 North and south—You created them.(o)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.(p)
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.(q)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;(r)
faithful love and truth go before You.(s)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;(t)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.(u)
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.(v)
17 For You are their magnificent strength;(w)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.(x)
18 Surely our shield[c] belongs to the
Lord
,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.(y)
19 You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: "I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen[d] from the people.(z)
20 I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.(aa)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.(ab)
22 The enemy will not afflict[e] him;
no wicked man will oppress him.(ac)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.(ad)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.(ae)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.(af)
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,(ag)
my God, the rock of my salvation.'(ah)
27 I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.(ai)
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.(aj)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.[f](ak)
30 If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,(al)
31 if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,(am)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.(an)
33 But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.(ao)
34 I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.(ap)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.(aq)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,(ar)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky."(as)
38 But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.(at)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.[g](au)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.(av)
41 All who pass by plunder him;(aw)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.(ax)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.(ay)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.(az)
44 You have made his splendor[h] cease
and have overturned his throne.(ba)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame.(bb)
46 How long,
Lord
? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?(bc)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?(bd)
48 What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?(be)
49 Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?(bf)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
51 how Your enemies have ridiculed,
Lord
,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.(bg)
52 May the
Lord
be praised forever.
Amen and amen.(bh)
Psalm 90
Eternal God and Mortal Man
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1 Lord, You have been our refuge[a]
in every generation.(a)
2 Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.(b)
3 You return mankind to the dust,
saying, "Return, descendants of Adam."(c)
4 For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.(d)
5 You end their lives;[b] they sleep.(e)
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
6 in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.(f)
7 For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.(g)
8 You have set our unjust ways before You,
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.(h)
9 For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.(i)
10 Our lives last[c] seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are[d] struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.(j)
11 Who understands the power of Your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.(k)
12 Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.[e](l)
13
Lord
—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.(m)
14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.(n)
15 Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.(o)
16 Let Your work be seen by Your servants,
and Your splendor by their children.(p)
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!(q)
Psalm 91
The Protection of the Most High
1 The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.(a)
2 I will say[a] to the
Lord
, "My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."(b)
3 He Himself will deliver you from the hunter's net,(c)
from the destructive plague.
4 He will cover you with His feathers;
you will take refuge under His wings.(d)
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.(e)
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,(f)
6 the plague that stalks in darkness,
or the pestilence that ravages at noon.(g)
7 Though a thousand fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
the pestilence will not reach you.(h)
8 You will only see it with your eyes
and witness the punishment of the wicked.(i)
9 Because you have made the
Lord
—my refuge,(j)
the Most High—your dwelling place,(k)
10 no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.(l)
11 For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.(m)
12 They will support you with 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 young lion and the serpent.(o)
14 Because he is lovingly devoted to Me,
I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he knows My name.(p)
15 When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.(q)
16 I will satisfy him with a long life(r)
and show him My salvation.(s)
Psalm 92
God's Love and Faithfulness
A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
1 It is good to praise Yahweh,
to sing praise to Your name, Most High,(a)
2 to declare Your faithful love in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night,(b)
3 with a ten-stringed harp
and the music of a lyre.(c)
4 For You have made me rejoice,
Lord
,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.(d)
5 How magnificent are Your works,
Lord
,
how profound Your thoughts!(e)
6 A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:(f)
7 though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.(g)
8 But You,
Lord
, are exalted forever.(h)
9 For indeed,
Lord
, Your enemies—
indeed, Your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.(i)
10 You have lifted up my horn(j)
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed[a] with oil.(k)
11 My eyes look down on my enemies;
my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.(l)
12 The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.(m)
13 Planted in the house of the
Lord
,
they thrive in the courts of our God.(n)
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
healthy and green,(o)
15 to declare: "The
Lord
is just;
He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in Him."(p)
Philippians 3
Chapter 3
Knowing Christ
1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice(a) in the Lord. To write to you again about this is no trouble for me and is a protection for you.
2 Watch out for "dogs,"[a] watch out for evil(b) workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3 For we are the circumcision,(c) the ones who serve by the Spirit(d) of God, boast in Christ Jesus,(e) and do not put confidence in the flesh— 4 although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised the eighth day;(f) of the nation of Israel,(g) of the tribe of Benjamin,(h) a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law,(i) a Pharisee; 6 regarding zeal,(j) persecuting(k) the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law,(l) blameless.(m)
7 But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value(n) of knowing Christ(o) Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ(p) 9 and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law,(q) but one that is through faith in Christ[b]—the righteousness from God based on faith.(r) 10 My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings,(s) being conformed to His death,(t) 11 assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.
Reaching Forward to God's Goal
12 Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold(u) of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not[c] consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(v) and reaching forward to what is ahead, 14 I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God's heavenly[d] call in Christ Jesus.(w) 15 Therefore, all who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal(x) this also to you. 16 In any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained. 17 Join in imitating me, brothers, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us. 18 For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross(y) of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory(z) is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things, 20 but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21 He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious(aa) body,(ab) by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself.
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