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July 30 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 113,114,115
The LORD Exalts the Humble.
1 (F1)Praise (F2)the LORD!
(C1)Praise Him, you (C2)servants of the LORD,
Praise the name of the LORD.
2 (C1)Blessed be the name of the LORD
From this time on and forever.
3 (C1)From (F1)the rising of the sun to its setting,
The (C2)name of the LORD is to be praised.
4 The LORD is (C1)high above all nations;
His (C2)glory is above the heavens.
5 (C1)Who is like the LORD our God,
Who (C2)is enthroned on high,
6 Who (C1)looks far down to
The heavens and the earth?
7 He (C1)raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,
8 To (C1)seat them with noblemen,
With the noblemen of His people.
9 He (C1)has the infertile woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
(F1)Praise (F2)the LORD!
God's Rescue of Israel from Egypt.
1 When Israel went forth (C1)from Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of a (C2)foreign language,
2 Judah became (C1)His sanctuary;
Israel, (C2)His dominion.
3 The (C1)sea looked and fled;
The (C2)Jordan turned back.
4 The mountains (C1)skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.
5 What (C1)ails you, sea, that you flee?
Jordan, that you turn back?
6 Mountains, that you skip like rams?
Hills, like lambs?
7 (C1)Tremble, earth, before the Lord,
Before the God of Jacob,
8 Who (C1)turned the rock into a (C2)pool of water,
The (C3)flint into a fountain of water.
Heathen Idols Contrasted with the LORD.
1 (C1)Not to us, LORD, not to us,
But (C2)to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy, because of Your (F1)truth.
2 (C1)Why should the nations say,
"(C2)Where, then, is their God?"
3 But our (C1)God is in the heavens;
He (C2)does whatever He pleases.
4 Their (C1)idols are silver and gold,
The (C2)work of human hands.
5 They have mouths, but they (C1)cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
6 They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;
7 (F1)They have hands, but they cannot feel;
(F2)They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
8 (C1)Those who make them (F1)will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.
9 (C1)Israel, (C2)trust in the LORD;
He is their (C3)help and their shield.
10 House of (C1)Aaron, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.
11 You who (F1)(C1)fear the LORD, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.
12 The LORD (C1)has been mindful of us; He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will (C1)bless those who (F1)fear the LORD,
(C2)The small together with the great.
14 May the LORD (C1)increase you,
You and your children.
15 May you be blessed of the LORD,
(C1)Maker of heaven and earth.
16 The heavens are (C1)the heavens of the LORD,
But (C2)the earth He has given to the sons of mankind.
17 The (C1)dead do not praise (F1)the LORD,
Nor do any who go down into (C2)silence;
18 But as for us, we will (C1)bless (F1)the LORD
From this time and forever.
(F2)Praise (F1)the LORD!
1 Thessalonians 3
Chapter 3
Encouragement of Timothy's Visit
1 Therefore, (C1)when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to be left behind, alone at (C2)Athens,2 and we sent (C1)Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the benefit of your faith,3 so that no one would be (F1)disturbed by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that (C1)we have been destined for this.4 For even when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; (F1)(C1)and so it happened, (F2)as you know.5 For this reason, (C1)when I could no longer endure it, I also (C2)sent to (F1)find out about your faith, for fear that (C3)the tempter might have tempted you, and (C4)our labor would be for nothing.
6 But now that (C1)Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of (C2)your faith and love, and that you always (C3)think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,7 for this reason, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith;8 for now we really live, if you (C1)stand firm in the Lord.9 For (C1)what thanks can we give to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God,10 as we (C1)keep praying most earnestly night and day that we may (C2)see your faces, and may (C3)complete what is lacking in your faith?
11 (C1)Now may (C2)our God and Father (C3)Himself, and our Lord Jesus, (C4)direct our way to you;12 and may the Lord cause you to increase and (C1)overflow in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you;13 so that He may (C1)establish your hearts (C2)blameless in holiness before (C3)our God and Father at the (F1)(C4)coming of our Lord Jesus (C5)with all His (F2)saints.
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