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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
July 27 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 99,100,102
Psalm 99
1 The
Lord
reigns,(a)
let the nations tremble;(b)
he sits enthroned(c) between the cherubim,(d)
let the earth shake.
2 Great is the
Lord
(e) in Zion;(f)
he is exalted(g) over all the nations.
3 Let them praise(h) your great and awesome name(i)—
he is holy.(j)
4 The King(k) is mighty, he loves justice(l)—
you have established equity;(m)
in Jacob you have done
what is just and right.(n)
5 Exalt(o) the
Lord
our God
and worship at his footstool;
he is holy.
6 Moses(p) and Aaron(q) were among his priests,
Samuel(r) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the
Lord
and he answered(s) them.
7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;(t)
they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8
Lord
our God,
you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,(u)
though you punished(v) their misdeeds.[a]
9 Exalt the
Lord
our God
and worship at his holy mountain,
for the
Lord
our God is holy.
Psalm 100
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1 Shout for joy(a) to the
Lord
, all the earth.
2
Worship the
Lord
(b) with gladness;
come before him(c) with joyful songs.
3 Know that the
Lord
is God.(d)
It is he who made us,(e) and we are his[a];
we are his people,(f) the sheep of his pasture.(g)
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving(h)
and his courts(i) with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.(j)
5 For the
Lord
is good(k) and his love endures forever;(l)
his faithfulness(m) continues through all generations.
Psalm 101
Of David. A psalm.
1 I will sing of your love(a) and justice;
to you,
Lord
, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life(b)—
when will you come to me?
I will conduct the affairs(c) of my house
with a blameless heart.
3 I will not look with approval
on anything that is vile.(d)
I hate what faithless people do;(e)
I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart(f) shall be far from me;
I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
5 Whoever slanders their neighbor(g) in secret,
I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(h) and a proud heart,
I will not tolerate.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless(i)
will minister to me.
7 No one who practices deceit
will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
will stand in my presence.
8 Every morning(j) I will put to silence
all the wicked(k) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer(l)
from the city of the
Lord
.(m)
Psalm 102[a]
A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord .
1 Hear my prayer,(a)
Lord
;
let my cry for help(b) come to you.
2 Do not hide your face(c) from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear(d) to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
3 For my days vanish like smoke;(e)
my bones(f) burn like glowing embers.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(g)
I forget to eat my food.(h)
5 In my distress I groan aloud(i)
and am reduced to skin and bones.
6 I am like a desert owl,(j)
like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake;(k) I have become
like a bird alone(l) on a roof.
8 All day long my enemies(m) taunt me;(n)
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.(o)
9 For I eat ashes(p) as my food
and mingle my drink with tears(q)
10 because of your great wrath,(r)
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 My days are like the evening shadow;(s)
I wither(t) away like grass.
12 But you,
Lord
, sit enthroned forever;(u)
your renown endures(v) through all generations.(w)
13 You will arise(x) and have compassion(y) on Zion,
for it is time(z) to show favor(aa) to her;
the appointed time(ab) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear(ac) the name of the
Lord
,
all the kings(ad) of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the
Lord
will rebuild Zion(ae)
and appear in his glory.(af)
17 He will respond to the prayer(ag) of the destitute;
he will not despise their plea.
18 Let this be written(ah) for a future generation,
that a people not yet created(ai) may praise the
Lord
:
19 "The
Lord
looked down(aj) from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(ak)
and release those condemned to death."
21 So the name of the
Lord
will be declared(al) in Zion
and his praise(am) in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worship(an) the
Lord
.
23 In the course of my life[b] he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.(ao)
24 So I said:
"Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go on(ap) through all generations.
25 In the beginning(aq) you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens(ar) are the work of your hands.(as)
26 They will perish,(at) but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,(au)
and your years will never end.(av)
28 The children of your servants(aw) will live in your presence;
their descendants(ax) will be established before you."
Acts 17:16-34
Chapter 17
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue(ad) with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching the good news(ae) about Jesus and the resurrection.(af) 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus,(ag) where they said to him, "May we know what this new teaching(ah) is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean." 21 (All the Athenians(ai) and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus(aj) and said: "People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.(ak) 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god . So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship(al)—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24 "The God who made the world and everything in it(am) is the Lord of heaven and earth(an) and does not live in temples built by human hands.(ao) 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.(ap) 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(aq) 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.(ar) 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.'[b](as) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.'[c]
29 "Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(at) 30 In the past God overlooked(au) such ignorance,(av) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(aw) 31 For he has set a day when he will judge(ax) the world with justice(ay) by the man he has appointed.(az) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead."(ba)
32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,(bb) some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject." 33 At that, Paul left the Council. 34 Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus,(bc) also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
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