Bible Reading
September 4
The World English Bible
Sept.
4
Psalms
36-39
Psa
36:1 An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the
wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."
Psa
36:2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and
hate his sin.
Psa
36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased
to be wise and to do good.
Psa
36:4 He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is
not good. He doesn't abhor evil.
Psa
36:5 Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your
faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Psa
36:6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments
are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
Psa
36:7 How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men
take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
Psa
36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your
house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
Psa
36:9 For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see
light.
Psa
36:10 Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your
righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psa
36:11 Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the
hand of the wicked drive me away.
Psa
36:12 There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust
down, and shall not be able to rise.
Psa
37:1 Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against
those who work unrighteousness.
Psa
37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like
the green herb.
Psa
37:3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe
pasture.
Psa
37:4 Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the
desires of your heart.
Psa
37:5 Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do
this:
Psa
37:6 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your
justice as the noon day sun.
Psa
37:7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because
of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked
plots happen.
Psa
37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only
to evildoing.
Psa
37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh
shall inherit the land.
Psa
37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes,
though you look for his place, he isn't there.
Psa
37:11 But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight
themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psa
37:12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his
teeth.
Psa
37:13 The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is
coming.
Psa
37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the
way.
Psa
37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall
be broken.
Psa
37:16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance
of many wicked.
Psa
37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds
the righteous.
Psa
37:18 Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall
be forever.
Psa
37:19 They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the
days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psa
37:20 But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be
like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish-- vanish like smoke.
Psa
37:21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give
generously.
Psa
37:22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those
who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
Psa
37:23 A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his
way.
Psa
37:24 Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up
with his hand.
Psa
37:25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
Psa
37:26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is
blessed.
Psa
37:27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.
Psa
37:28 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They
are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut
off.
Psa
37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.
Psa
37:30 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks
justice.
Psa
37:31 The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall
slide.
Psa
37:32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
Psa
37:33 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he
is judged.
Psa
37:34 Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to
inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
Psa
37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like
a green tree in its native soil.
Psa
37:36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him,
but he could not be found.
Psa
37:37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a
future for the man of peace.
Psa
37:38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The
future of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psa
37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their
stronghold in the time of trouble.
Psa
37:40 Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the
wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
Psa
38:1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in
your hot displeasure.
Psa
38:2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
Psa
38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation,
neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
Psa
38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden,
they are too heavy for me.
Psa
38:5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Psa
38:6 I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
Psa
38:7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in
my flesh.
Psa
38:8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of
the anguish of my heart.
Psa
38:9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden
from you.
Psa
38:10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my
eyes, it has also left me.
Psa
38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My
kinsmen stand far away.
Psa
38:12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my
hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
Psa
38:13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who
doesn't open his mouth.
Psa
38:14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no
reproofs.
Psa
38:15 For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.
Psa
38:16 For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt
themselves over me when my foot slips."
Psa
38:17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
Psa
38:18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
Psa
38:19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me
without reason are numerous.
Psa
38:20 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me,
because I follow what is good.
Psa
38:21 Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.
Psa
38:22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Psa
39:1 I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my
tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before
me."
Psa
39:2 I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My
sorrow was stirred.
Psa
39:3 My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned:
I spoke with my tongue:
Psa
39:4 "Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days.
Let me know how frail I am.
Psa
39:5 Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as
nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
Psa
39:6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy
themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
Psa
39:7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
Psa
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the
reproach of the foolish.
Psa
39:9 I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.
Psa
39:10 Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of
your hand.
Psa
39:11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his
wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.
Psa
39:12 "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be
silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all
my fathers were.
Psa
39:13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away,
and exist no more."
Sept.
4
Romans
16
Rom
16:1 I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the
assembly that is at Cenchreae,
Rom
16:2 that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the
saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from
you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own
self.
Rom
16:3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
Rom
16:4 who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I
give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.
Rom
16:5 Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my
beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
Rom
16:6 Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
Rom
16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my fellow
prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in
Christ before me.
Rom
16:8 Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.
Rom
16:9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my
beloved.
Rom
16:10 Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of
the household of Aristobulus.
Rom
16:11 Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them of the household of
Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
Rom
16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet
Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
Rom
16:13 Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Rom
16:14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the
brothers who are with them.
Rom
16:15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and
Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
Rom
16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ
greet you.
Rom
16:17 Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing
the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine
which you learned, and turn away from them.
Rom
16:18 For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but
their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they
deceive the hearts of the innocent.
Rom
16:19 For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice
therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is
good, but innocent in that which is evil.
Rom
16:20 And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Rom
16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason,
and Sosipater, my relatives.
Rom
16:22 I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord.
Rom
16:23 Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you.
Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the
brother.
Rom
16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.
Rom
16:25 Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good
News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation
of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages,
Rom
16:26 but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets,
according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for
obedience of faith to all the nations;
Rom
16:27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the
glory forever! Amen.
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