Bible Reading and Study
September 29
The World English Bible
Sept.
29
Psalms
115-117
Psa
115:1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for
your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
Psa
115:2 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
Psa
115:3 But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
Psa
115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psa
115:5 They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but
they don't see.
Psa
115:6 They have ears, but they don't hear. They have noses, but they
don't smell.
Psa
115:7 They have hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they
don't walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
Psa
115:8 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who
trusts in them.
Psa
115:9 Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psa
115:10 House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their
shield.
Psa
115:11 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and
their shield.
Psa
115:12 Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the
house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
Psa
115:13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
Psa
115:14 May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
Psa
115:15 Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
Psa
115:16 The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he
given to the children of men.
Psa
115:17 The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into
silence;
Psa
115:18 But we will bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore.
Praise Yah!
Psa
116:1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries
for mercy.
Psa
116:2 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on
him as long as I live.
Psa
116:3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a
hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Psa
116:4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you,
deliver my soul."
Psa
116:5 Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.
Psa
116:6 Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved
me.
Psa
116:7 Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully
with you.
Psa
116:8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
Psa
116:9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
Psa
116:10 I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."
Psa
116:11 I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
Psa
116:12 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
Psa
116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of
Yahweh.
Psa
116:14 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his
people.
Psa
116:15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.
Psa
116:16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son
of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
Psa
116:17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will
call on the name of Yahweh.
Psa
116:18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his
people,
Psa
116:19 in the courts of Yahweh's house, in the midst of you,
Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
Psa
117:1 Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
Psa
117:2 For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh's
faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
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you think about what
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manner.
Psalms
Psalms 115 1
Not
to us, Yahweh, not to us, But to your name give glory, For your
lovingkindness, and for
your
truth`s sake.
Not
unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for
thy loving-kindness
and
for thy truth`s sake.
Not
to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy
kindness, for
Thy
truth.
Psalms 115 2
Why
should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
Wherefore
should the nations say, Where then is their God?
Why
do the nations say, `Where, pray, [is] their God.
Psalms 115 3
But
our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
But
our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased.
And
our God [is] in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.
Psalms 115 4
Their
idols are silver and gold, The work of men`s hands.
Their
idols are silver and gold, the work of men`s hands:
Their
idols [are] silver and gold, work of man`s hands,
Psalms 115 5
They
have mouths, but they don`t speak; They have eyes, but they don`t
see;
They
have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;
A
mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see
not,
Psalms 115 6
They
have ears, but they don`t hear; They have noses, but they don`t
smell;
They
have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;
Ears
they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,
Psalms 115 7
They
have hands, but they don`t feel; They have feet, but they don`t
walk; Neither do they
speak
through their throat.
They
have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not;
they give no
sound
through their throat.
Their
hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not;
Psalms 115 8
Those
who make them will be like them; Yes, everyone who trusts in them.
They
that make them are like unto them, -- every one that confideth in
them.
Nor
do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers,
Every one
who
is trusting in them.
Psalms 115 9
Israel,
trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
O
Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
O
Israel, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.`
Psalms 115 10
House
of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
House
of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
O
house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is]
He.`
Psalms 115 11
You
who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their
shield.
Ye
that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their
shield.
Ye
fearing Jehovah, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is]
He.`
Psalms 115 12
Yahweh
remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the
house
of Aaron.
Jehovah
hath been mindful of us: he will bless, he will bless the house of
Israel; he will
bless
the house of Aaron;
Jehovah
hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He
blesseth
the house of Aaron,
Psalms 115 13
He
will bless those who fear Yahweh, Both small and great.
He
will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great.
He
blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great.
Psalms 115 14
May
Yahweh increase you more and more, You and your children.
Jehovah
will add unto you more, unto you and unto your children.
Jehovah
addeth to you, to you, and to your sons.
Psalms 115 15
Blessed
are you by Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
Ye
are blessed of Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.
Blessed
[are] ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,
Psalms 115 16
The
heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; But the earth has he given to
the children of men.
The
heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to
the children of
men.
The
heavens -- the heavens [are] Jehovah`s, And the earth He hath given
to sons of
men,
Psalms 115 17
The
dead don`t praise Yah, Neither any who go down into silence;
The
dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;
The
dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.
Psalms 115 18
But
we will bless Yah, From this time forth and forevermore. Praise
Yah! Psalm 116
But
*we* will bless Jah from this time forth and for evermore.
Hallelujah!
And
we, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah!
Psalms 116 1
I
love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, And my cries for
mercy.
I
love Jehovah, for he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications;
I
have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication,
Psalms 116 2
Because
he has turned his ear to me, Therefore I will call on him as long
as I live.
For
he hath inclined his ear unto me, and I will call upon him during
[all] my days.
Because
He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.
Psalms 116 3
The
cords of death surrounded me, The pains of Sheol got a hold on me.
I found trouble and
sorrow.
The
bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of
me; I found
trouble
and sorrow:
Compassed
me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress
and
sorrow I find.
Psalms 116 4
Then
called I on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver
my soul."
Then
called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver
my soul.
And
in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my
soul,
Psalms 116 5
Gracious
is Yahweh, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.
Gracious
is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.
Gracious
[is] Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God [is] merciful,
Psalms 116 6
Yahweh
preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
Jehovah
keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
A
preserver of the simple [is] Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth
salvation.
Psalms 116 7
Return
to your rest, my soul, For Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
Return
unto thy rest, O my soul; for Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with
thee.
Turn
back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on
thee.
Psalms 116 8
For
you have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And
my feet from falling.
For
thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my
feet from falling.
For
Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet
from
overthrowing.
Psalms 116 9
I
will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
I
will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.
I
walk habitually before Jehovah In the lands of the living.
Psalms 116 10
I
believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."
I
believed, therefore have I spoken. As for me, I was greatly
afflicted.
I
have believed, for I speak, I -- I have been afflicted greatly.
Psalms 116 11
I
said in my haste, "All men are liars."
I
said in my haste, All men are liars.
I
said in my haste, `Every man [is] a liar.`
Psalms 116 12
What
will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
What
shall I render unto Jehovah, [for] all his benefits toward me?
What
do I return to Jehovah? All His benefits [are] upon me.
Psalms 116 13
I
will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.
I
will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of Jehovah.
The
cup of salvation I lift up, And in the name of Jehovah I call.
Psalms 116 14
I
will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his
people.
I
will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people.
My
vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people.
Psalms 116 15
Precious
in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.
Precious
in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints.
Precious
in the eyes of Jehovah [is] the death for His saints.
Psalms 116 16
Yahweh,
truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your
handmaid. You have freed me
from my chains.
Yea,
Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy
handmaid: thou hast
loosed
my bonds.
Cause
[it] to come, O Jehovah, for I [am] Thy servant. I [am] Thy servant,
son of Thy
handmaid,
Thou hast opened my bonds.
Psalms 116 17
I
will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on
the name of Yahweh.
I
will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon
the name of Jehovah.
To
Thee I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks, And in the name of Jehovah I
call.
Psalms 116 18
I
will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his
people,
I
will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people,
My
vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people,
Psalms 116 19
In
the courts of Yahweh`s house, In the midst of you, Jerusalem.
Praise Yah! Psalm 117
In
the courts of Jehovah`s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!
In
the courts of the house of Jehovah, In thy midst, O Jerusalem,
praise ye Jah!
Psalms 117 1
Praise
Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
Praise
Jehovah, all ye nations; laud him, all ye peoples;
Praise
Jehovah, all ye nations, Glorify Him, all ye peoples.
Psalms 117 2
For
his lovingkindness is great toward us. Yahweh`s faithfulness
endures forever. Praise Yah!
Psalm 118
For
his loving-kindness is great toward us, and the truth of Jehovah
[endureth] for ever.
Hallelujah!
For
mighty to us hath been His kindness, And the truth of Jehovah [is]
to the age.
Praise
ye Jah!
Study Questions
Where is God? 115:3
The house of Aaron is to trust in the _________? 115:10
The World English Bible
Sept. 29
2 Corinthians 9
2Co 9:1 It is indeed
unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the
saints,
2Co 9:2 for I know your
readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that
Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up
very many of them.
2Co 9:3 But I have sent
the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in
this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
2Co 9:4 so that I won't
by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you
unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in
this confident boasting.
2Co 9:5 I thought it
necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before
to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised
before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and
not of greediness.
2Co 9:6 Remember this:
he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows
bountifully will also reap bountifully.
2Co 9:7 Let each man
give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or
under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
2Co 9:8 And God is able
to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all
sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
2Co 9:9 As it is
written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His
righteousness remains forever."
2Co 9:10 Now may he who
supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply
your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
2Co 9:11 you being
enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us
thanksgiving to God.
2Co 9:12 For this
service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among
the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
2Co 9:13 seeing that
through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the
obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the
liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
2Co 9:14 while they
themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by
reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
2Co 9:15 Now thanks be
to God for his unspeakable gift!
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.
2
Corinthians
2
Corinthians 9 1
It
is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service
to the saints,
For
concerning the ministration which [is] for the saints, it is
superfluous my writing to you.
For,
indeed, concerning the ministration that [is] for the saints, it is
superfluous
for
me to write to you,
2
Corinthians 9 2
for
I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of
Macedonia, that Achaia has been
prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
For
I know your readiness, which I boast of as respects you to
Macedonians, that Achaia is
prepared since a year ago, and the zeal [reported] of you has
stimulated the mass [of the
brethren].
for
I have known your readiness of mind, which in your behalf I boast of
to
Macedonians,
that Achaia hath been prepared a year ago, and the zeal of you did
stir
up the more part,
2
Corinthians 9 3
But
I have sent the brothers, that our glorying on your behalf may not be
made void in this
respect,
that, even as I said, you may be prepared,
But
I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may
not be made void
in
this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;
and
I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be
made vain in
this
respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,
2
Corinthians 9 4
so
that I won`t by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and
find you unprepared, we
(to say nothing of you) should be put to shame in this confident
boasting.
lest
haply, if Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, *we*,
that we say not
*ye*,
may be put to shame in this confidence.
lest
if Macedonians may come with me, and find you unprepared, we -- we
may be
put
to shame (that we say not -- ye) in this same confidence of
boasting.
2
Corinthians 9 5
I
thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they
would go before to you, and arrange
ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the
same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
I
thought it necessary therefore to beg the brethren that they would
come to you, and
complete
beforehand your fore-announced blessing, that this may be ready thus
as
blessing,
and not as got out of you.
Necessary,
therefore, I thought [it] to exhort the brethren, that they may go
before
to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing,
that
this
be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.
2
Corinthians 9 6
Remember
this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows
bountifully will also
reap bountifully.
But
this [is true], he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he that sows in
[the
spirit of] blessing shall reap also in blessing:
And
this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he
who is
sowing
in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;
2
Corinthians 9 7
Let
each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not
grudgingly, or under
compulsion;
for God loves a cheerful giver.
each
according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of
necessity; for God
loves
a cheerful giver.
each
one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out
of
necessity,
for a cheerful giver doth God love,
2
Corinthians 9 8
God
is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all
sufficiency in
everything,
may abound to every good work.
But
God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that,
having in every
way
always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:
and
God [is] able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every
thing always all
sufficiency
having, ye may abound to every good work,
2
Corinthians 9 9
As
it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the
poor. His righteousness remains forever."
according
as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor,
his
righteousness
remains for ever.
(according
as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor,
his
righteousness
doth remain to the age,`)
2
Corinthians 9 10
Now
may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and
multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
Now
he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply
and make
abundant
your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
and
may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food,
supply and
multiply
your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
2
Corinthians 9 11
you
being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through
us thanksgiving to God.
enriched
in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works through
us
thanksgiving
to God.
in
every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work
through us
thanksgiving
to God,
2
Corinthians 9 12
For
this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack
among the saints, but abounds
also through many givings of thanks to God;
Because
the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure
of what is
lacking
to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;
because
the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of
the
saints,
but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,
2
Corinthians 9 13
seeing
that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for
the obedience of your confession
to the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution
to them and to all;
they
glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of
your subjection,
by
profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted
liberality in
communicating
towards them and towards all;
through
the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of
your
confession
to the good news of the Christ, and [for] the liberality of the
fellowship
to
them and to all,
2
Corinthians 9 14
while
they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you
by reason of the exceeding
grace of God in you.
and
in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on
account of the
exceeding
grace of God [which is] upon you.
and
by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of
the
exceeding
grace of God upon you;
2
Corinthians 9 15
Thanks
be to God for his unspeakable gift!
Thanks
[be] to God for his unspeakable free gift.
thanks
also to God for His unspeakable gift!
Study Questions
How are sowing and reaping related? 9:6
Who does God love? 9:7
