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Daily Bible Reading
August 6 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 130,131,132
Psalm 130
Awaiting Redemption
A song of ascents.
1 Out of the depths I call to You, Yahweh!(a)
2 Lord, listen to my voice;
let Your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.(b)
3 Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?(c)
4 But with You there is forgiveness,
so that You may be revered.(d)
5 I wait for Yahweh; I wait
and put my hope in His word.(e)
6 I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning—
more than watchmen for the morning.(f)
7 Israel, put your hope in the
Lord
.(g)
For there is faithful love with the
Lord
,
and with Him is redemption in abundance.(h)
8 And He will redeem Israel
from all its sins.(i)
Psalm 131
A Childlike Spirit
A Davidic song of ascents.
1
Lord
, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.(a)
I do not get involved with things
too great or too difficult for me.(b)
2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself
like a little weaned child with its mother;
I am like a little child.(c)
3 Israel, put your hope in the
Lord
,
both now and forever.(d)
Psalm 132
David and Zion Chosen
A song of ascents.
1
Lord
, remember David
and all the hardships he endured,(a)
2 and how he swore an oath to the
Lord
,
making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:(b)
3 "I will not enter my house[a]
or get into my bed,[b]
4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep
or my eyelids to slumber(c)
5 until I find a place for the
Lord
,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."(d)
6 We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;[c](e)
we found it in the fields of Jaar.[d](f)
7 Let us go to His dwelling place;
let us worship at His footstool.(g)
8 Rise up,
Lord
, come to Your resting place,
You and Your powerful ark.(h)
9 May Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may Your godly people shout for joy.(i)
10 Because of Your servant David,
do not reject Your anointed one.[e](j)
11 The
Lord
swore an oath to David,
a promise He will not abandon:
"I will set one of your descendants[f]
on your throne.(k)
12 If your sons keep My covenant
and My decrees that I will teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever."(l)
13 For the
Lord
has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His home:(m)
14 "This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.(n)
15 I will abundantly bless its food;
I will satisfy its needy with bread.(o)
16 I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its godly people will shout for joy.(p)
17 There I will make a horn grow for David;(q)
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.(r)
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,(s)
but the crown he wears[g] will be glorious."(t)
1 Corinthians 1
Chapter 1
Greeting
1 Paul,(a) called as an apostle(b) of Christ Jesus by God's will,(c) and Sosthenes our brother:(d)
2 To God's church at Corinth,(e) to those who are sanctified(f) in Christ Jesus and called(g) as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name(h) of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father(i) and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving
4 I always thank(j) my God for you because of God's grace given to you in Christ Jesus, 5 that by Him you were enriched(k) in everything—in all speech and all knowledge.(l) 6 In this way, the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you,(m) 7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait(n) for the revelation(o) of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will also strengthen you to the end,(p) so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.(q) 9 God is faithful;(r) you were called by Him(s) into fellowship with His Son,(t) Jesus Christ our Lord.
Divisions at Corinth
10 Now I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction. 11 For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe's household, that there is rivalry(u) among you. 12 What I am saying is this: Each of you says, "I'm with Paul," or "I'm with Apollos,"(v) or "I'm with Cephas,"(w) or "I'm with Christ."(x) 13 Is Christ divided?(y) Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul's name? 14 I thank God[a][b] that I baptized none of you except Crispus(z) and Gaius,(aa) 15 so that no one can say you were baptized in my name. 16 I did, in fact, baptize the household(ab) of Stephanas;(ac) beyond that, I don't know if I baptized anyone else. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize—not with clever words, so that the cross(ad) of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.(ae) 19 For it is written:
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.
(af)[c]
20 Where is the philosopher?[d] Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age?(ag) Hasn't God made the world's wisdom foolish? 21 For since, in God's wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached. 22 For the Jews ask for signs(ah) and the Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified,(ai) a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.[e] 24 Yet to those who are called,(aj) both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God's power and God's wisdom, 25 because God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength.
Boasting Only in the Lord
26 Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective,[f] not many powerful,(ak) not many of noble birth. 27 Instead, God has chosen(al) what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. 28 God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world(am)—what is viewed as nothing—to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, 29 so that no one[g] can boast in His presence.(an) 30 But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness,(ao) sanctification,(ap) and redemption,(aq) 31 in order that, as it is written:(ar) The one who boasts must boast in the Lord. (as)[h]
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