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July 27 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 99,100,102
Praise to the LORD for His Faithfulness to Israel.
1 (C1)The LORD reigns, (F1)the peoples tremble!
He (C2)sits enthroned above the cherubim, (F2)the earth quakes!
2 The LORD (F1)is (C1)great in Zion,
And He is (C2)exalted above all the peoples.
3 May they praise Your (C1)great and awesome name;
(C2)Holy is (F1)He.
4 The (F1)strength of the King (C1)loves (F2)justice;
You have established (F3)(C2)order;
You have (C3)executed (F2)justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 (F1)(C1)Exalt the LORD our God
And (C2)worship at His footstool;
(C3)Holy is He.
6 (C1)Moses and Aaron were among His (C2)priests,
And (C1)Samuel was among those who (C3)called on His name;
They (C4)called upon the LORD and He answered them.
7 He (C1)spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
They (C2)kept His testimonies
And the statute that He gave them.
8 LORD our God, You (C1)answered them;
You were a (C2)forgiving God to them,
And yet an (C3)avenger of their evil deeds.
9 Exalt the LORD our God
And worship at His holy hill,
For the LORD our God is holy.
All People Exhorted to Praise God.
1 (C1)Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.
2 (C1)Serve the LORD with jubilation;
(C2)Come before Him with rejoicing.
3 Know that (C1)the LORD (F1)Himself is God;
It is He who has (C2)made us, and (F2)not we ourselves;
We are (C3)His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter His gates (C1)with (F1)thanksgiving,
And His courtyards with praise.
Give thanks to Him, (C2)bless His name.
5 For (C1)the LORD is good;
(C2)His mercy is everlasting
And His (C3)faithfulness is to all generations.
The Psalmist's Profession of Uprightness.
1 I will (C1)sing of mercy and (F1)justice;
To You, LORD, I will sing praises.
2 I will (C1)carefully attend to the (F1)blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the (F2)(C2)integrity of my heart.
3 I will set no (C1)worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the (F1)work of those who (C2)fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A (C1)perverse heart shall leave me;
I will know no evil.
5 Whoever secretly (C1)slanders his neighbor, him I will (F1)destroy;
I will not endure one who has a (C2)haughty look and an arrogant heart.
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
One who walks in a (F1)(C1)blameless way is one who will serve me.
7 One who (C1)practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
One who speaks lies (C2)shall not (F1)maintain his position before me.
8 (C1)Every morning I will (F1)(C2)destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to (C3)eliminate from the (C4)city of the LORD all those who do injustice.
Prayer of an Afflicted Man for Mercy on Himself and on Zion.
1 (C1)Hear my prayer, LORD!
And let my cry for help (C2)come to You.
2 (C1)Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress;
(C2)Incline Your ear to me;
On the day when I call (C1)answer me quickly.
3 For my days (C1)have ended in smoke,
And my (C2)bones have been scorched like a hearth.
4 My heart (C1)has been struck like (F1)grass and has (C2)withered,
Indeed, I (C3)forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of the (F1)loudness of my groaning
My (C1)bones (F2)cling to my flesh.
6 I resemble a (C1)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the ruins.
7 I (C1)lie awake,
I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.
8 My enemies (C1)have taunted me all day long;
Those who (F1)(C2)deride me (F2)have used my name as a (C3)curse.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And (C1)mixed my drink with weeping
10 (C1)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath;
For You have (C2)lifted me up and thrown me away.
11 My days are like a (F1)(C1)lengthened shadow,
And (F2)I (C2)wither away like (F3)grass.
12 But You, LORD, (F1)(C1)remain forever,
And Your (F2)(C2)name remains to all generations.
13 You will (C1)arise and have (C2)compassion on Zion;
For (C3)it is time to be gracious to her,
For the (C4)appointed time has come.
14 Surely Your servants (F1)take pleasure in her stones,
And feel pity for her dust.
15 (F1)So the (F2)(C1)nations will fear the name of the LORD,
And (C2)all the kings of the earth, Your glory.
16 For the LORD has (C1)built up Zion;
He has (C2)appeared in His glory.
17 He has (C1)turned His attention to the prayer of the (F1)destitute
And has not despised their prayer.
18 (F1)This will be (C1)written for the (C2)generation to come,
(F2)That (C3)a people yet to be created (F3)may praise (F4)the LORD:
19 For He (C1)looked down from His holy height;
(C2)From heaven the LORD looked (F1)upon the earth,
20 To hear the (C1)groaning of the prisoner,
To (C2)set free (F1)those who were doomed to death,
21 So that people may (C1)tell of the name of the LORD in Zion,
And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 When (C1)the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 He has broken my strength in the way;
He has (C1)shortened my days.
24 I say, "My God, (C1)do not take me away in the middle of my days,
Your (C2)years are (F1)throughout all generations.
25 "In time of old You (C1)founded the earth,
And the (C2)heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 "(F1)Even they will (C1)perish, but You endure;
All of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.
27 "But You are (F1)(C1)the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
28 "The (C1)children of Your servants will continue,
And their (F1)(C2)descendants will be established before You."
Acts 17:16-34
Chapter 17
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them in (C1)Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he observed that the city was full of idols.17 So he was reasoning (C1)in the synagogue with the Jews and (C2)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present.18 And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers as well were (F1)conversing with him. Some were saying, "What could (C1)this (F2)scavenger of tidbits want to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,"—because he was preaching (C2)Jesus and the resurrection.19 And they (C1)took him and brought him (F1)to the (F2)(C2)Areopagus, saying, "May we know what (C3)this new teaching is (F3)which you are proclaiming?20 "For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers (C1)visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)
Sermon on Mars Hill
22 So Paul stood in the midst of the (F1)Areopagus and said, "Men of (C1)Athens, I see that you are very (C2)religious in all respects.23 "For while I was passing through and examining the (C1)objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' Therefore, what (C2)you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.24 "(C1)The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is (C2)Lord of heaven and earth, does not (C3)dwell in temples made by hands;25 nor is He served by human hands, (C1)as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;26 and (C1)He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having (C2)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, (C1)though He is not far from each one of us;28 for (C1)in Him we live and move and (F1)exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His descendants.'29 "Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we (C1)ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.30 "So having (C1)overlooked (C2)the times of ignorance, God is (C3)now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,31 because He has set (C1)a day on which (C2)He will judge (F1)(C3)the world in righteousness (F2)through a Man whom He has (C4)appointed, having furnished proof to all people (F3)by (C5)raising Him from the dead."
32 Now when they heard of (C1)the resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, "We shall hear from you (F1)again concerning this."33 So Paul went out from among them.34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the (C1)Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
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