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December 14 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 77,78
Comfort in Trouble from Recalling God's Mighty Deeds.
1 My voice rises to God, and I will (C1)cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will listen to me.
2 In the (C1)day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
(C2)In the night my (C3)hand was stretched out and did not grow weary;
My soul (C4)refused to be comforted.
3 When I remember God, then I am (C1)restless;
When I (C2)sigh, then (C3)my spirit feels weak. Selah
4 You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I (C1)cannot speak.
5 I have considered the (C1)days of old,
The years of long ago.
6 I will remember my (C1)song in the night;
I (C2)will meditate with my heart,
And my spirit (F1)ponders:
7 Will the Lord (C1)reject forever?
And will He (C2)never be favorable again?
8 Has His (C1)favor ceased forever?
Has His (F1)(C2)promise come to an end (F2)forever?
9 Has God (C1)forgotten to be gracious,
Or has He in anger (F1)withdrawn His (C2)compassion? Selah
10 Then I said, "(C1)It is my (F1)grief,
That the (C2)right hand of the Most High has changed."
11 I shall remember the (C1)deeds of (F1)the LORD;
I will certainly (C1)remember Your wonders of old.
12 I will (C1)meditate on all Your work,
And on Your deeds with thanksgiving.
13 Your way, God, is (C1)holy;
(C2)What god is great like our God?
14 You are the (C1)God who works wonders;
You have (C2)made known Your strength among the peoples.
15 By Your (F1)power You have (C1)redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and (C2)Joseph. Selah
16 The (C1)waters saw You, God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The ocean depths also trembled.
17 The (C1)clouds poured out water;
The skies (F1)(C2)sounded out;
Your (C3)arrows (F2)flashed here and there.
18 The (C1)sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The (C2)lightning lit up the world;
The (C3)earth trembled and shook.
19 Your (C1)way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints were not known.
20 You (C1)led Your people like a flock
By the hand of (C2)Moses and Aaron.
God's Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.
1 (C1)Listen, my people, to my (F1)instruction;
(C2)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will (C1)open my mouth in a parable;
I will tell (C2)riddles of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And (C1)our fathers have told us.
4 We will (C1)not conceal them from their children,
But we will (C2)tell the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
And His power and His (C3)wondrous works that He has done.
5 For He established a (C1)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a (C2)law in Israel,
Which He (C3)commanded our fathers
That they were to (F1)(C4)teach them to their children,
6 (C1)So that the generation to come would know, (C2)the children yet to be born,
That they would arise and (C3)tell them to their children,
7 So that they would put their confidence in God
And (C1)not forget the works of God,
But (C2)comply with His commandments,
8 And (C1)not be like their fathers,
A (C2)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that (C3)did not (F1)prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not (C4)faithful to God.
9 The sons of Ephraim (F1)were (C1)archers equipped with bows,
Yet (C2)they turned back on the day of battle.
10 They (C1)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to (C2)walk in His Law;
11 They (C1)forgot His deeds
And His (F1)miracles that He had shown them.
12 (C1)He performed wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the (C2)field of Zoan.
13 He (C1)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand (C2)up like a heap.
14 Then He led them with the cloud by (C1)day
And all the night with a (C2)light of fire.
15 He (C1)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths.
16 He (C1)brought forth streams from the rock
And made waters run down like rivers.
17 Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To (C1)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 And in their heart they (C1)put God to the test
By asking for (C2)food (F1)that suited their taste.
19 Then they spoke against God;
They said, "(C1)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 "Behold, He (C1)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He also provide bread?
Will He prepare (C2)meat for His people?"
21 Therefore the LORD heard and (F1)was (C1)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also mounted against Israel,
22 Because they (C1)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
23 Yet He commanded the clouds above
And (C1)opened the doors of heaven;
24 He (C1)rained down manna upon them to eat,
And gave them (F1)(C2)food from heaven.
25 Man ate the bread of (F1)angels;
He sent them (F2)food (F3)(C1)in abundance.
26 He (C1)made the east wind blow in the sky
And by His (F1)power He directed the south wind.
27 When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even (C1)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
28 He let them fall in the midst of (F1)their camp,
All around their dwellings.
29 So they (C1)ate and were well filled,
And He (F1)satisfied their longing.
30 (F1)Yet before they had abandoned their longing,
(C1)While their food was in their mouths,
31 The (C1)anger of God rose against them
And killed (F1)some of their (C2)strongest ones,
And (F2)subdued the choice men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this they still sinned
And (C2)did not believe in His wonderful works.
33 So He brought (C1)their days to an end in futility,
And their years to an end in sudden terror.
34 When He killed them, then they (C1)sought Him,
And they returned and searched (C2)diligently for God;
35 And they remembered that God was their (C1)rock,
And the Most High God their (C2)Redeemer.
36 But they (C1)flattered Him with their mouth
And (C2)lied to Him with their tongue.
37 For their heart was not (C1)steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful with His covenant.
38 But He, being (C1)compassionate, (F1)(C2)forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them;
And often He (F2)(C3)restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
39 So (C1)He remembered that they were only (C2)flesh,
A (F1)(C3)wind that passes and does not return.
40 How often they (C1)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And (C2)grieved Him in the (C3)desert!
41 Again and again they (F1)(C1)tempted God,
And pained the (C2)Holy One of Israel.
42 They (C1)did not remember (C2)His (F1)power,
The day when He (C3)redeemed them from the enemy,
43 When He performed His (C1)signs in Egypt
And His (C2)marvels in the field of Zoan,
44 And (C1)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 He sent swarms of (C1)flies among them that devoured them,
And (C2)frogs that destroyed them.
46 He also gave their crops to the (C1)grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the (C2)locust.
47 He (F1)destroyed their vines with (C1)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
48 He also turned their (C1)cattle over to the hailstones,
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
49 He (C1)sent His burning anger upon them,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of (F1)destroying angels.
50 He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their souls from death,
But (C1)turned their lives over to the plague,
51 And (C1)struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
The (C2)first and best of their vigor in the tents of (C3)Ham.
52 But He (C1)led His own people out like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness (C2)like a flock;
53 He led them (C1)safely, so that they did not fear;
But (C2)the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 So (C1)He brought them to His holy (F1)land,
To this (F2)(C2)hill country (C3)which His right hand had gained.
55 He also (C1)drove out the nations from them
And (C2)apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement,
And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they (F1)(C1)tempted and (C2)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and (C1)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They (C2)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
58 For they (C1)provoked Him with their (C2)high places
And (C3)moved Him to jealousy with their (C4)carved images.
59 When God heard them, He (F1)was filled with (C1)wrath
And He utterly (C2)rejected Israel;
60 So that He (C1)abandoned the (C2)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent (F1)which He had pitched among people,
61 And He gave up His (C1)strength to captivity
And His glory (C2)into the hand of the enemy.
62 He also (C1)turned His people over to the sword,
And (F1)was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
63 (C1)Fire devoured (F1)His young men,
And (F1)His (C2)virgins had no wedding songs.
64 (F1)His (C1)priests fell by the sword,
And (F1)His (C2)widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord (C1)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a (C2)warrior (F1)overcome by wine.
66 He (F1)(C1)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting disgrace.
67 He also (C1)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount (C1)Zion, which He loved.
69 And He (C1)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
70 He also (C1)chose His servant David
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From (F1)(C1)the care of the (F2)ewes (C2)with nursing lambs He brought him
To (C3)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel (C4)His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (C1)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.
Revelation 6
Chapter 6
The First Seal: Conqueror on a White Horse
1 Then I saw when the (C1)Lamb broke one of the (C2)seven seals, and I heard one of the (C3)four living creatures saying as with a (C4)voice of thunder, "Come(F1)!"2 I looked, and behold, a (C1)white horse, and the one who sat on it had a bow; and (C2)a crown was given to him, and he went out (C3)conquering and to conquer.
The Second Seal: War
3 When He broke the second seal, I heard the (C1)second living creature saying, "Come(F1)!"4 And another, (C1)a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to (C2)take peace from the earth, and that people would kill one another; and a large sword was given to him.
The Third Seal: Famine
5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the (C1)third living creature saying, "Come(F1)!" I looked, and behold, a (C2)black horse, and the one who sat on it had a (C3)pair of scales in his hand.6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the (C1)four living creatures saying, "A (F1)quart of wheat for a (F2)denarius, and three (F1)quarts of barley for a (F2)denarius; and (C2)do not damage the oil and the wine."
The Fourth Seal: Death
7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the (C1)fourth living creature saying, "Come(F1)!"8 I looked, and behold, (F1)an (C1)ashen horse; and the one who sat on it had the name (C2)Death, and (C2)Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, (C3)to kill with sword, and famine, and (F2)plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.
The Fifth Seal: Martyrs
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw (C1)underneath the (C2)altar the (C3)souls of those who had been killed (C4)because of the word of God, and because of the (C5)testimony which they had maintained;10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "(C1)How long, O (F1)(C2)Lord, (C3)holy and true, (F2)will You refrain from (C4)judging and avenging our blood on (C5)those who live on the earth?"11 And a (C1)white robe was given to each of them; and they were told that they were to (C2)rest for a little while longer, (C3)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, was (C4)completed also.
The Sixth Seal: Terror
12 And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great (C1)earthquake; and the (C2)sun became as black as (C3)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;13 and (C1)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, (C2)as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.14 (C1)The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and (C2)every mountain and island was removed from its place.15 Then (C1)the kings of the earth and the eminent people, and the commanders and the wealthy and the strong, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;16 and they (*)(C1)said to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the (F1)sight of Him (C2)who sits on the throne, and from the (C3)wrath of the Lamb;17 for (C1)the great day of Their wrath has come, and (C2)who is able to stand?"
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