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Daily Bible Reading
August 17 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 45,46,47
A Song Celebrating the King's Marriage.
1 My heart is moved with a good theme;
I (F1)address my (F2)verses to the (F3)King;
My tongue is the pen of (C1)a ready writer.
2 You are the most handsome of the sons of mankind;
(C1)Grace is poured (F1)upon Your lips;
Therefore God has (C2)blessed You forever.
3 Strap (C1)Your sword on Your thigh, (F1)(C2)Mighty One,
In Your splendor and majesty!
4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth, (C1)humility, and righteousness;
Let Your (C2)right hand teach You (F1)awesome things.
5 Your (C1)arrows are sharp;
The (C2)peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are (C3)in the heart of the King's enemies.
6 (C1)Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
(C2)The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
7 You have (C1)loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (C2)anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your companions.
8 All Your garments are fragrant with (C1)myrrh, aloes, and cassia;
From ivory palaces (C2)stringed instruments have made You joyful.
9 Kings' daughters are among (C1)Your noble women;
At Your (C2)right hand stands the queen in (C3)gold from Ophir.
10 Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear:
(C1)Forget your people and your father's house;
11 Then the King will crave your beauty.
Because He is your (C1)Lord, (C2)bow down to Him.
12 The daughter of (C1)Tyre will come with a gift;
The (C2)wealthy among the people will seek your favor.
13 The King's daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is (C1)interwoven with gold.
14 She will be (C1)brought to the King (C2)in colorful garments;
The (C3)virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
15 They will be brought with joy and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King's palace.
16 In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make them princes in all the earth.
17 I will make (C1)Your name known among all generations;
Therefore the peoples (C2)will praise You forever and ever.
God, the Refuge of His People.
1 God is our (C1)refuge and strength,
A (F1)very (C2)ready help (C3)in (F2)trouble.
2 Therefore we will (C1)not fear, though (C2)the earth shakes
And (C3)the mountains slip into the heart of the (F1)sea;
3 Though its (C1)waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah
4 There is a (C1)river whose streams make the (C2)city of God happy,
The holy (C3)dwelling places of the Most High.
5 God is (C1)in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will (C2)help her (F1)when morning dawns.
6 The (F1)nations (C1)made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He (F2)(C2)raised His voice, the earth (C3)quaked.
7 The LORD of armies (C1)is with us;
The God of Jacob is (C2)our stronghold. Selah
8 Come, (C1)behold the works of the LORD,
(F1)Who has inflicted (C2)horrific events on the earth.
9 He (C1)makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He (C2)breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He (C3)burns the chariots with fire.
10 "(F1)Stop striving and (C1)know that I am God;
I will be (C2)exalted among the (F2)nations, I will be exalted on the earth."
11 The LORD of armies is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah
God, the King of the Earth.
1 (C1)Clap your hands, all you peoples;
(C2)Shout to God with a voice of joy.
2 For the LORD Most High is to be (C1)feared,
A (C2)great King over all the earth.
3 He (C1)subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.
4 He chooses our (C1)inheritance for us,
The (C2)pride of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
5 God has (C1)ascended (F1)with a shout,
The LORD, (F1)with the (C2)sound of a trumpet.
6 (C1)Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to (C2)our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the (C1)King of all the earth;
Sing praises (C2)with a psalm of wisdom.
8 God (C1)reigns over the nations,
God (F1)sits on (C2)His holy throne.
9 The (F1)(C1)princes of the people have assembled as the (C2)people of the God of Abraham,
For the (C3)shields of the earth belong to God;
He is (C4)highly exalted.
1 Corinthians 10:19-33
Chapter 10
19 What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or (C1)that an idol is (F1)anything?20 No, but I say that things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they (C1)sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons.21 (C1)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and (C2)the table of demons.22 Or do we (C1)provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not (C2)stronger than He, are we?
23 (C1)All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things (F1)(C2)build people up.24 No one is to (C1)seek his own advantage, but rather that of his (F1)neighbor.25 (C1)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience;26 (C1)FOR THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S, AND (F1)ALL IT CONTAINS.27 If (C1)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, (C2)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience.28 But (C1)if anyone says to you, "This is meat sacrificed to idols," do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience.29 Now by "conscience" I do not mean your own, but the other person's; for (C1)why is my freedom judged by another's conscience?30 If I partake with thankfulness, (C1)why am I slandered about that for which I (C2)give thanks?
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or (C1)whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.32 (C1)Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or (C2)the church of God;33 just as I also (C1)please everyone in all things, (C2)not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, (C3)so that they may be saved.
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