Bible Reading and Study
September 15
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Sept.
15
Psalms
71-73
Psa
71:1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
Psa
71:2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear
to me, and save me.
Psa
71:3 Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the
command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
Psa
71:4 Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand
of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Psa
71:5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth.
Psa
71:6 I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out
of my mother's womb. I will always praise you.
Psa
71:7 I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
Psa
71:8 My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all
the day.
Psa
71:9 Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my
strength fails.
Psa
71:10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul
conspire together,
Psa
71:11 saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for
no one will rescue him."
Psa
71:12 God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
Psa
71:13 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be
covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
Psa
71:14 But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
Psa
71:15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your
salvation all day, though I don't know its full measure.
Psa
71:16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will
make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
Psa
71:17 God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have
declared your wondrous works.
Psa
71:18 Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake
me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your
might to everyone who is to come.
Psa
71:19 Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have
done great things. God, who is like you?
Psa
71:20 You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let
me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Psa
71:21 Increase my honor, and comfort me again.
Psa
71:22 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my
God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
Psa
71:23 My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed,
sings praises to you!
Psa
71:24 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day
long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to
harm me.
Psa
72:1 God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the
royal son.
Psa
72:2 He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor
with justice.
Psa
72:3 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills
bring the fruit of righteousness.
Psa
72:4 He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children
of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
Psa
72:5 They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the
moon, throughout all generations.
Psa
72:6 He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that
water the earth.
Psa
72:7 In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of
peace, until the moon is no more.
Psa
72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to
the ends of the earth.
Psa
72:9 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His
enemies shall lick the dust.
Psa
72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute.
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Psa
72:11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall
serve him.
Psa
72:12 For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has
no helper.
Psa
72:13 He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the
souls of the needy.
Psa
72:14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their
blood will be precious in his sight.
Psa
72:15 They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of
Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all
day long.
Psa
72:16 There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its
fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of
the field.
Psa
72:17 His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the
sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
Psa
72:18 Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does
marvelous deeds.
Psa
72:19 Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be
filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
Psa
72:20 This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
Psa
73:1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Psa
73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly
slipped.
Psa
73:3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of
the wicked.
Psa
73:4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength
is firm.
Psa
73:5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued
like other men.
Psa
73:6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence
covers them like a garment.
Psa
73:7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of
conceit.
Psa
73:8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten
oppression.
Psa
73:9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks
through the earth.
Psa
73:10 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up
waters of abundance.
Psa
73:11 They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the
Most High?"
Psa
73:12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they
increase in riches.
Psa
73:13 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands
in innocence,
Psa
73:14 For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every
morning.
Psa
73:15 If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would
have betrayed the generation of your children.
Psa
73:16 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;
Psa
73:17 Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter
end.
Psa
73:18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to
destruction.
Psa
73:19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept
away with terrors.
Psa
73:20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you
will despise their fantasies.
Psa
73:21 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
Psa
73:22 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before
you.
Psa
73:23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my
right hand.
Psa
73:24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me
to glory.
Psa
73:25 Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire
besides you.
Psa
73:26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my
heart and my portion forever.
Psa
73:27 For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have
destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
Psa
73:28 But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the
Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
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Psalms
Psalms 71 1
In
you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be put to shame.
In
thee, Jehovah, do I trust: let me never be ashamed.
In
Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.
Psalms 71 2
Deliver
me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and
save me.
Deliver
me in thy righteousness, and rescue me; incline thine ear unto me,
and save me.
In
Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape,
Incline
unto
me Thine ear, and save me.
Psalms 71 3
Be
to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command
to save me, For you are
my
rock and my fortress.
Be
to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou
hast given
commandment
to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Be
to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast
given command
to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.
Psalms 71 4
Rescue
me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the
unrighteous and cruel
man.
My
God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the
unrighteous and
cruel
man.
O
my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the
hand of the
perverse
and violent.
Psalms 71 5
For
you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; My confidence from my youth.
For
thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, my confidence from my youth.
For
Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.
Psalms 71 6
I
have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my
mother`s womb. I will
always
praise you.
On
thee have I been stayed from the womb; from the bowels of my mother
thou didst draw
me forth: my praise shall be continually of thee.
By
Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother`s bowels
Thou
dost
cut me out, In Thee [is] my praise continually.
Psalms 71 7
I
am a marvel to many, But you are my strong refuge.
I
have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
As
a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge.
Psalms 71 8
My
mouth shall be filled with your praise, With your honor all the
day.
My
mouth shall be filled with thy praise, with thy glory, all the day.
Filled
is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty.
Psalms 71 9
Don`t
reject me in my old age. Don`t forsake me when my strength fails.
Cast
me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength
faileth.
Cast
me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of
my power
forsake
me not.
Psalms 71 10
For
my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire
together,
For
mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul
consult together,
For
mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have
taken
counsel together,
Psalms 71 11
Saying,
"God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will
rescue him."
Saying,
God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to
deliver.
Saying,
`God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no
deliverer.`
Psalms 71 12
God,
don`t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
O
God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help.
O
God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.
Psalms 71 13
Let
my accusers be put to shame and consumed. Let them be covered with
disgrace and scorn
who
want to harm me.
Let
them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my
soul; let them be
covered
with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
They
are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are
covered
[with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,
Psalms 71 14
But
I will always hope, And will add to all of your praise.
But
as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more
and more.
And
I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.
Psalms 71 15
My
mouth will tell about your righteousness, And of your salvation
all day, Though I don`t
know
its full measure.
My
mouth shall declare thy righteousness, [and] thy salvation all the
day: for I know not
the
numbers [thereof].
My
mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I
have not
known
the numbers.
Psalms 71 16
I
will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make
mention of your
righteousness,
even of yours alone.
I
will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy
righteousness, thine alone.
I
come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness
-- Thine only.
Psalms 71 17
God,
you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your
wondrous works.
O
God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I
proclaimed thy marvellous
works:
God,
Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy
wonders.
Psalms 71 18
Yes,
even when I am old and gray-headed, God, don`t forsake me, Until I
have declared your
strength
to the next generation, Your might to everyone who is to come.
Now
also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I
have proclaimed
thine
arm unto [this] generation, thy might to every one that is to come.
And
also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I
declare Thy
strength
to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
Psalms 71 19
Your
righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; You who have done
great things. God, who
is like you?
And
thy righteousness, O God, reacheth on high, thou who hast done great
things: O God,
who
is like unto thee?
And
Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast
done great
things,
O God, who [is] like Thee?
Psalms 71 20
You,
who have showed us many and bitter troubles, You will let me live.
You will bring us up
again
from the depths of the earth.
Thou,
who hast shewn us many and sore troubles, wilt revive us again, and
wilt bring us
up
again from the depths of the earth;
Because
Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back --
Thou
revivest
me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou
bringest
me
up.
Psalms 71 21
Increase
my honor, And comfort me again.
Thou
wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
Thou
dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest -- Thou comfortest
me,
Psalms 71 22
I
will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my
God. I sing praises to you with
the
lyre, Holy One of Israel.
I
will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, my God;
unto thee will I sing
psalms
with the harp, thou holy One of Israel.
I
also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I
sing to Thee with
a harp, O Holy One of Israel,
Psalms 71 23
My
lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings
praises to you!
My
lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which
thou hast redeemed.
My
lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou
hast
redeemed,
Psalms 71 24
My
tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, For
they are put to shame, and
they
are confounded, who want to harm me. Psalm 72 By
Solomon.
My
tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day; for they
shall be ashamed, for
they
shall be brought to confusion, that seek my hurt.
My
tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed
-- because
confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!
Psalms 72 1
God,
give the king your justice; Your righteousness to the royal son.
{For
Solomon.} O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness
unto the king`s
son.
By
Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy
righteousness to the
king`s
son.
Psalms 72 2
He
will judge your people with righteousness, And your poor with
justice.
He
will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with
judgment.
He
judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.
Psalms 72 3
The
mountains shall bring prosperity to the people; The hills bring
the fruit of righteousness.
The
mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by
righteousness.
The
mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by
righteousness.
Psalms 72 4
He
will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of
the needy, And will break
the
oppressor in pieces.
He
will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the
children of the needy,
and
will break in pieces the oppressor.
He
judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of
the needy, And
bruiseth the oppressor.
Psalms 72 5
They
shall fear you while the sun endures; And as long as the moon,
throughout all generations.
They
shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to
generation.
They
fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation --
generations.
Psalms 72 6
He
will come down like rain on the mown grass, As showers that water
the earth.
He
shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water
the earth.
He
cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the
earth.
Psalms 72 7
In
his days, the righteous shall flourish, And abundance of peace,
until the moon is no more.
In
his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till
the moon be no more.
Flourish
in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon
is
not.
Psalms 72 8
He
shall have dominion also from sea to sea, From the River to the
ends of the earth.
And
he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the
ends of the earth.
And
he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of
earth.
Psalms 72 9
Those
who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies
shall lick the dust.
The
dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall
lick the dust.
Before
him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick
the
Psalms 72 10
The
kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute. The kings
of Sheba and Seba shall
offer
gifts.
The
kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings
of Sheba and Seba
shall
offer tribute:
Kings
of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and
Seba a
reward
bring near.
Psalms 72 11
Yes,
all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
Yea,
all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him.
And
all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,
Psalms 72 12
For
he will deliver the needy when he cries; The poor, who has no
helper.
For
he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no
helper;
For
he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no
helper,
Psalms 72 13
He
will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of
the needy.
He
will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls
of the needy:
He
hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he
saveth,
Psalms 72 14
He
will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood
will be precious in his
sight.
He
will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious
shall their blood
be
in his sight.
From
fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is
their
blood
in his eyes.
Psalms 72 15
They
shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men
shall pray for him
continually.
They shall bless him all day long.
And
he shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; and
prayer shall be made
for
him continually: all the day shall he be blessed.
And
he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for
him
continually,
All the day he doth bless him.
Psalms 72 16
There
shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its fruit sways
like Lebanon. Let it
flourish,
thriving like the grass of the field.
There
shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the
mountains; the fruit
thereof
shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the
herb of the
earth.
There
is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake
like
Lebanon
doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the
earth.
Psalms 72 17
His
name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men
shall be blessed by him.
All nations will call him blessed.
His
name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as
the sun: and [men]
shall
bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.
His
name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they
bless
themselves
in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.
Psalms 72 18
Praise
be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, Who alone does marvelous
deeds.
Blessed
be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous
things!
Blessed
is Jehovah God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders,
Psalms 72 19
Blessed
be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with
his glory! Amen and
amen.
And
blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be
filled with his
glory!
Amen, and Amen.
And
blessed [is] the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth
is filled
[with]
His honour. Amen, and amen!
Psalms 72 20
This
ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. BOOK III Psalm
73 A Psalm by Asaph.
The
prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
The
prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.
Psalms 73 1
Surely
God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart.
{A
Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a
pure heart.
A
Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel [is] God, to the clean of
heart. And I -- as a
little
thing, My feet have been turned aside,
Psalms 73 2
But
as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
But
as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
As
nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the
boastful,
Psalms 73 3
For
I was envious of the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the
wicked.
For
I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
The
peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
Psalms 73 4
For
there are no struggles in their death, But their strength is firm.
For
they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
And
their might [is] firm.
Psalms 73 5
They
are free from burdens of men, Neither are they plagued like other
men.
They
have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like
[other] men:
In
the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not
plagued.
Psalms 73 6
Therefore
pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like
a garment.
Therefore
pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as]
a
garment;
Therefore
hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
Psalms 73 7
Their
eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Their
eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their
heart:
Their
eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart
transgressed;
Psalms 73 8
They
scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten
oppression.
They
mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
They
do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From
on high
they
speak.
Psalms 73 9
They
have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through
the earth.
They
set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the
earth.
They
have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the
earth.
Psalms 73 10
Therefore
their people return to them, And they drink up waters of
abundance.
Therefore
his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
Therefore
do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to
them.
Psalms 73 11
They
say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most
High?"
And
they say, How can ·God know, and is there knowledge in the Most
High?
And
they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the
Most
High?`
Psalms 73 12
Behold,
these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in
riches.
Behold,
these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up
riches.
Lo,
these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased
strength.
Psalms 73 13
Surely
in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in
innocence,
Truly
have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
Only
-- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency
my hands,
Psalms 73 14
For
all day long have I been plagued, And punished every morning.
For
all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
And
I am plagued all the day, And my reproof [is] every morning.
Psalms 73 15
If
I had said, "I will speak thus;" Behold, I would have
betrayed the generation of your children.
If
I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the
generation of thy children.
If
I have said, `I recount thus,` Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have
deceived.
Psalms 73 16
When
I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me;
When
I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine
eyes;
And
I think to know this, Perverseness it [is] in mine eyes,
Psalms 73 17
Until
I entered God`s sanctuary, And considered their latter end.
Until
I went into the sanctuaries of ·God; [then] understood I their end.
Till
I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
Psalms 73 18
Surely
you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to
destruction.
Truly
thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in
ruins.
Only,
in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall
to
desolations.
Psalms 73 19
How
they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with
terrors.
How
are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with
terrors.
How
have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended
--
consumed
from terrors.
Psalms 73 20
As
a dream when one wakes up, So, Lord, when you awake, you will
despise their fantasies.
As
a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their
image.
As
a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou
despisest.
Psalms 73 21
For
my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
When
my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
For
my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
Psalms 73 22
I
was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
Then
I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
And
I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
Psalms 73 23
Nevertheless,
I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
Nevertheless
I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
And
I [am] continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
Psalms 73 24
You
will guide me with your counsel, And afterward receive me to
glory.
Thou
wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive
me.
With
Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.
Psalms 73 25
Who
do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides
you.
Whom
have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside
thee.
Whom
have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.
Psalms 73 26
My
flesh and my heart fails, But God is the strength of my heart and
my portion forever.
My
flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my
portion for ever.
Consumed
hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion
[is]
God to the age.
Psalms 73 27
For,
behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have
destroyed all those who are
unfaithful
to you.
For
behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest
every one that goeth
a
whoring from thee.
For,
lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who
is going a
whoring
from Thee.
Psalms 73 28
But
it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord
Yahweh my refuge, That I may
tell of all your works. Psalm 74 A contemplation by Asaph.
But
as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my
trust in the Lord
Jehovah,
that I may declare all thy works.
And
I -- nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord
Jehovah my
refuge,
To recount all Thy works!
Study Questions
God is my __________ and ___________? 71:3
God's righteousness reaches to the ____________? 71:19
Describe the prayer for the reign of the king? Psalm 72
When was the end of the wicked perceived? 73:17
What is the psalmist's good? 73:28
Sept. 15
1 Corinthians 11
1Co 11:1 Be imitators
of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1Co 11:2 Now I praise
you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the
traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
1Co 11:3 But I would
have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of
the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
1Co 11:4 Every man
praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
1Co 11:5 But every
woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her
head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
1Co 11:6 For if a woman
is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a
woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
1Co 11:7 For a man
indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image
and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
1Co 11:8 For man is not
from woman, but woman from man;
1Co 11:9 for neither
was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
1Co 11:10 For this
cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the
angels.
1Co 11:11 Nevertheless,
neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent
of the woman, in the Lord.
1Co 11:12 For as woman
came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things
are from God.
1Co 11:13 Judge for
yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
1Co 11:14 Doesn't even
nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor
to him?
1Co 11:15 But if a
woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to
her for a covering.
1Co 11:16 But if any
man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's
assemblies.
1Co 11:17 But in giving
you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for
the better but for the worse.
1Co 11:18 For first of
all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions
exist among you, and I partly believe it.
1Co 11:19 For there
also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be
revealed among you.
1Co 11:20 When
therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's
supper that you eat.
1Co 11:21 For in your
eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and
another is drunken.
1Co 11:22 What, don't
you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's
assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell
you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.
1Co 11:23 For I
received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the
Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
1Co 11:24 When he had
given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat. This is my
body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me."
1Co 11:25 In the same
way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the
new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory
of me."
1Co 11:26 For as often
as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's
death until he comes.
1Co 11:27 Therefore
whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy
of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
1Co 11:28 But let a man
examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the
cup.
1Co 11:29 For he who
eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to
himself, if he doesn't discern the Lord's body.
1Co 11:30 For this
cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
1Co 11:31 For if we
discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.
1Co 11:32 But when we
are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned
with the world.
1Co 11:33 Therefore, my
brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.
1Co 11:34 But if anyone
is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for
judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
The
Composite
Bible
The
World English Bible
Darby's
Translation
Young's
Literal Translation
The
Composite
Bible
is
a effort to understand the Bible by considering it from different
perspectives and different levels of literalcy. First, read the
World English Bible (the least literal-black
text)
for comprehension of the text. Next, read both the World English
Bible with the Darby Translation (more literal-blue
text)to
make comparisons and lastly, read all three versions (Young's is the
most literal translation-
red text)
at one time to obtain an overview of the text. Doing this will make
you think about what
the
Scriptures are actually saying and avoid reading in a superficial
manner.
1
Corinthians
1
Corinthians 11 1
Be
imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Be
my imitators, even as *I* also [am] of Christ.
Followers
of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.
1
Corinthians 11 2
Now
I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold
firm the traditions,
even
as I delivered them to you.
Now
I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I
have directed you,
ye
keep the directions.
And
I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and
according as I
did
deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,
1
Corinthians 11 3
But
I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ, and the
head of the woman is
the
man, and the head of Christ is God.
But
I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but
woman`s head [is] the
man, and the Christ`s head God.
and
I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the
head of a
woman
is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
1
Corinthians 11 4
Every
man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his
head.
Every
man praying or prophesying, having [anything] on his head, puts his
head to
shame.
Every
man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour
his
head,
1
Corinthians 11 5
But
every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors
her head. For it is
one
and the same thing as if she were shaved.
But
every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her
own head to
shame;
for it is one and the same as a shaved [woman].
and
every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth
dishonour
her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being
shaven,
1
Corinthians 11 6
For
if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is
shameful for a woman to be shorn
or
shaved, let her be covered.
For
if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if [it
be] shameful to a
woman
to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.
for
if a woman is not covered -- then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a
shame for a
woman
to be shorn or shaven -- let her be covered;
1
Corinthians 11 7
For
a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the
image and glory of God,
but
the woman is the glory of the man.
For
man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God`s image and
glory; but
woman
is man`s glory.
for
a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and
glory of God,
and
a woman is the glory of a man,
1
Corinthians 11 8
For
man is not from woman, but woman from man;
For
man is not of woman, but woman of man.
for
a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,
1
Corinthians 11 9
for
neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
For
also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for
the sake of the
man.
for
a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because
of the
man;
1
Corinthians 11 10
For
this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of
the angels.
Therefore
ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the
angels.
because
of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the
head,
because
of the messengers;
1
Corinthians 11 11
Nevertheless,
neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent
of the
woman,
in the Lord.
However,
neither [is] woman without man, nor man without woman, in [the]
Lord.
but
neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man,
in the
Lord,
1
Corinthians 11 12
For
as the woman is from the man, so is the man also by the woman; but
all things are from God.
For
as the woman [is] of the man, so also [is] the man by the woman, but
all things of God.
for
as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the
woman, and the
all
things [are] of God.
1
Corinthians 11 13
Judge
for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
Judge
in yourselves: is it comely that a woman should pray to God
uncovered?
In
your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray
to God?
1
Corinthians 11 14
Doesn`t
even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a
dishonor to him?
Does
not even nature itself teach you, that man, if he have long hair, it
is a dishonour to
him?
doth
not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long
hair, a
dishonour
it is to him?
1
Corinthians 11 15
But
if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given
to her for a covering.
But
woman, if she have long hair, [it is] glory to her; for the long
hair is given [to her] in
lieu
of a veil.
and
a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the
hair instead of
a
covering hath been given to her;
1
Corinthians 11 16
But
if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither
do God`s assemblies.
But
if any one think to be contentious, *we* have no such custom, nor
the assemblies of
God.
and
if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom,
neither the
assemblies
of God.
1
Corinthians 11 17
But
in giving you this command, I don`t praise you, that you come
together not for the better
but
for the worse.
But
[in] prescribing [to you on] this [which I now enter on], I do not
praise, [namely,]
that
ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse.
And
this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but
for the worse
ye
come together;
1
Corinthians 11 18
For
first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that
divisions exist among you,
and
I partly believe it.
For
first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist
divisions among you, and
I
partly give credit [to it].
for
first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of
divisions being
among
you, and partly I believe [it],
1
Corinthians 11 19
For
there must be also factions among you, that those who are approved
may be revealed among
you.
For
there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become
manifest among
you.
for
it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may
become
manifest
among you;
1
Corinthians 11 20
When
therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat
the Lord`s supper.
When
ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the]
Lord`s supper.
ye,
then, coming together at the same place -- it is not to eat the
Lord`s supper;
1
Corinthians 11 21
For
in your eating each one takes his own supper before others. One is
hungry, and another is drunken.
For
each one in eating takes his *own* supper before [others], and one
is hungry and
another
drinks to excess.
for
each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is
hungry, and
another
is drunk;
1
Corinthians 11 22
What,
don`t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God`s
assembly, and put
them
to shame who don`t have? What will I tell you? Will I praise you? In
this I don`t praise you.
Have
ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the
assembly of God,
and
put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I
praise you? In this
[point]
I do not praise.
why,
have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do
ye
despise,
and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise
you in
this?
I do not praise!
1
Corinthians 11 23
For
I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the
Lord Jesus on the night
in
which he was betrayed took bread.
For
*I* received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that
the Lord Jesus, in
the
night in which he was delivered up, took bread,
For
I -- I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you,
that the Lord
Jesus
in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,
1
Corinthians 11 24
When
he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat. This is
my body, which is broken for
you. Do this in memory of me."
and
having given thanks broke [it], and said, This is my body, which
[is] for you: this do
in
remembrance of me.
and
having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is
my body, that
for
you is being broken; this do ye -- to the remembrance of me.`
1
Corinthians 11 25
In
the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This
cup is the new covenant in my
blood.
Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."
In
like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is
the new covenant in
my
blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink [it], in remembrance of
me.
In
like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the
new
covenant
in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink [it] -- to the
remembrance
of me;`
1
Corinthians 11 26
For
as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you proclaim the
Lord`s death until he
comes.
For
as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce
the death of the
Lord,
until he come.
for
as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death
of the Lord
ye do shew forth -- till he may come;
1
Corinthians 11 27
Therefore
whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord`s cup in an unworthy
manner, will be
guilty
of the body and the blood of the Lord.
So
that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord,
unworthily, shall be
guilty
in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.
so
that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord
unworthily,
guilty
he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:
1
Corinthians 11 28
But
let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink
of the cup.
But
let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the
cup.
and
let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and
of the cup
let
him drink;
1
Corinthians 11 29
For
he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment
to himself, if he
doesn`t
discern the Lord`s body.
For
[the] eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not
distinguishing the
body.
for
he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he
doth eat
and
drink -- not discerning the body of the Lord.
1
Corinthians 11 30
For
this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
On
this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many
are fallen
asleep.
Because
of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;
1
Corinthians 11 31
For
if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn`t be judged.
But
if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.
for
if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,
1
Corinthians 11 32
But
when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be
condemned withthe world.
But
being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be
condemned with
the
world.
and
being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we
may not
be
condemned;
1
Corinthians 11 33
Therefore,
my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.
So
that, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one
another.
so
then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;
1
Corinthians 11 34
But
if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, that your coming together
may not be to judgment.
The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
If
any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come
together for judgment.
But
the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.
and
if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may
not come
together;
and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.
Study Questions
Who is the head of Christ? 11:3
