From Gary... Bible Reading September 27

Bible Reading   

September 27

The World English Bible

Sept. 27

Psalms 109-111

Psa 109:1 God of my praise, don't remain silent,

Psa 109:2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

Psa 109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

Psa 109:4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

Psa 109:5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Psa 109:6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

Psa 109:7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

Psa 109:8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

Psa 109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Psa 109:10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Psa 109:11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

Psa 109:12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

Psa 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

Psa 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Psa 109:15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

Psa 109:16 because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

Psa 109:17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

Psa 109:18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

Psa 109:19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

Psa 109:20 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

Psa 109:21 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

Psa 109:22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

Psa 109:23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

Psa 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

Psa 109:25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

Psa 109:26 Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

Psa 109:27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.

Psa 109:28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

Psa 109:29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

Psa 109:30 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

Psa 109:31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

Psa 110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."

Psa 110:2 Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

Psa 110:3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

Psa 110:4 Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."

Psa 110:5 The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.

Psa 110:6 He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

Psa 110:7 He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

Psa 111:1 Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

Psa 111:2 Yahweh's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.

Psa 111:3 His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.

Psa 111:4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.

Psa 111:5 He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.

Psa 111:6 He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

Psa 111:7 The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.

Psa 111:8 They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.

Psa 111:9 He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!

Psa 111:10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

 

Sept. 27

2 Corinthians 7

2Co 7:1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2Co 7:2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.

2Co 7:3 I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

2Co 7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

2Co 7:5 For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.

2Co 7:6 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

2Co 7:7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.

2Co 7:8 For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.

2Co 7:9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

2Co 7:10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

2Co 7:11 For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

2Co 7:12 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

2Co 7:13 Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

2Co 7:14 For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

2Co 7:15 His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

2Co 7:16 I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.