Bible Reading September 20, 21 (WEB)
Sept.
20
Psalms
86-88
Psa
86:1 Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Psa
86:2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your
servant who trusts in you.
Psa
86:3 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.
Psa
86:4 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I
lift up my soul.
Psa
86:5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in
loving kindness to all those who call on you.
Psa
86:6 Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.
Psa
86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will
answer me.
Psa
86:8 There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds
like your deeds.
Psa
86:9 All nations you have made will come and worship before you,
Lord. They shall glorify your name.
Psa
86:10 For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
Psa
86:11 Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my
heart undivided to fear your name.
Psa
86:12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will
glorify your name forevermore.
Psa
86:13 For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have
delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Psa
86:14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent
men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you
before them.
Psa
86:15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger,
and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
Psa
86:16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your
servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
Psa
86:17 Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may
see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and
comforted me.
Psa
87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Psa
87:2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of
Jacob.
Psa
87:3 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
Psa
87:4 I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me.
Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born
there."
Psa
87:5 Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was
born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her.
Psa
87:6 Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This
one was born there." Selah.
Psa
87:7 Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my
springs are in you."
Psa
88:1 Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night
before you.
Psa
88:2 Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my
cry.
Psa
88:3 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
Psa
88:4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a
man who has no help,
Psa
88:5 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
Psa
88:6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
Psa
88:7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all
your waves. Selah.
Psa
88:8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an
abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
Psa
88:9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh.
I have spread out my hands to you.
Psa
88:10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and
praise you? Selah.
Psa
88:11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your
faithfulness in Destruction?
Psa
88:12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness
in the land of forgetfulness?
Psa
88:13 But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer
comes before you.
Psa
88:14 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face
from me?
Psa
88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I
suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
Psa
88:16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me
off.
Psa
88:17 They came around me like water all day long. They completely
engulfed me.
Psa
88:18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into
darkness.
Psalms
89-91
Psa
89:1 I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my
mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Psa
89:2 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You
established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
Psa
89:3 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn
to David, my servant,
Psa
89:4 'I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne
to all generations.' " Selah.
Psa
89:5 The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness
also in the assembly of the holy ones.
Psa
89:6 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the
sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
Psa
89:7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be
feared above all those who are around him?
Psa
89:8 Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your
faithfulness is around you.
Psa
89:9 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm
them.
Psa
89:10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You
have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
Psa
89:11 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and
its fullness. You have founded them.
Psa
89:12 The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and
Hermon rejoice in your name.
Psa
89:13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right
hand is exalted.
Psa
89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
Psa
89:15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in
the light of your presence, Yahweh.
Psa
89:16 In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they
are exalted.
Psa
89:17 For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our
horn will be exalted.
Psa
89:18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of
Israel.
Psa
89:19 Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I
have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man
from the people.
Psa
89:20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my
holy oil,
Psa
89:21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also
strengthen him.
Psa
89:22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
Psa
89:23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those
who hate him.
Psa
89:24 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him.
In my name, his horn will be exalted.
Psa
89:25 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the
rivers.
Psa
89:26 He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock
of my salvation!'
Psa
89:27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings
of the earth.
Psa
89:28 I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My
covenant will stand firm with him.
Psa
89:29 I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as
the days of heaven.
Psa
89:30 If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my
ordinances;
Psa
89:31 if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments;
Psa
89:32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity
with stripes.
Psa
89:33 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him,
nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
Psa
89:34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have
uttered.
Psa
89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
Psa
89:36 His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before
me.
Psa
89:37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful
witness in the sky." Selah.
Psa
89:38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with
your anointed.
Psa
89:39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have
defiled his crown in the dust.
Psa
89:40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his
strongholds to ruin.
Psa
89:41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to
his neighbors.
Psa
89:42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have
made all of his enemies rejoice.
Psa
89:43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't
supported him in battle.
Psa
89:44 You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the
ground.
Psa
89:45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him
with shame. Selah.
Psa
89:46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your
wrath burn like fire?
Psa
89:47 Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you
created all the children of men!
Psa
89:48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall
deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Psa
89:49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore
to David in your faithfulness?
Psa
89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in
my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
Psa
89:51 With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they
have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
Psa
89:52 Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen.
Psa
90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
Psa
90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed
the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you
are God.
Psa
90:3 You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children
of men."
Psa
90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when
it is past, like a watch in the night.
Psa
90:5 You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout
like new grass.
Psa
90:6 In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is
withered and dry.
Psa
90:7 For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your
wrath.
Psa
90:8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the
light of your presence.
Psa
90:9 For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our
years to an end as a sigh.
Psa
90:10 The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of
strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for
it passes quickly, and we fly away.
Psa
90:11 Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the
fear that is due to you?
Psa
90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of
wisdom.
Psa
90:13 Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
Psa
90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we
may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psa
90:15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as
many years as we have seen evil.
Psa
90:16 Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their
children.
Psa
90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work
of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
Psa
91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in
the shadow of the Almighty.
Psa
91:2 I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my
God, in whom I trust."
Psa
91:3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from
the deadly pestilence.
Psa
91:4 He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will
take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
Psa
91:5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the
arrow that flies by day;
Psa
91:6 nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the
destruction that wastes at noonday.
Psa
91:7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your
right hand; but it will not come near you.
Psa
91:8 You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of
the wicked.
Psa
91:9 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High
your dwelling place,
Psa
91:10 no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come
near your dwelling.
Psa
91:11 For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in
all your ways.
Psa
91:12 They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash
your foot against a stone.
Psa
91:13 You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the
young lion and the serpent underfoot.
Psa
91:14 "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will
deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
Psa
91:15 He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him
in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
Psa
91:16 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation."
Sept. 20
1
Corinthians 16
1Co 16:1
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the
assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.
1Co 16:2
On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may
prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
1Co 16:3
When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry
your gracious gift to Jerusalem.
1Co 16:4
If it is appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me.
1Co 16:5
But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am
passing through Macedonia.
1Co 16:6
But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may
send me on my journey wherever I go.
1Co 16:7
For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a
while with you, if the Lord permits.
1Co 16:8
But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
1Co 16:9
for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many
adversaries.
1Co 16:10
Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he
does the work of the Lord, as I also do.
1Co 16:11
Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey
in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.
1Co 16:12
Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to
you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now;
but he will come when he has an opportunity.
1Co 16:13
Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
1Co 16:14
Let all that you do be done in love.
1Co 16:15
Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is
the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to
serve the saints),
1Co 16:16
that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in
the work and labors.
1Co 16:17
I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for
that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.
1Co 16:18
For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those
who are like that.
1Co 16:19
The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much
in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
1Co 16:20
All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
1Co 16:21
This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.
1Co 16:22
If any man doesn't love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed.
Come, Lord!
1Co 16:23
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
1Co 16:24
My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.
2
Corinthians 1
2Co 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy
our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the
saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2Co 1:2
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies and God of all comfort;
2Co 1:4
who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort
those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we
ourselves are comforted by God.
2Co 1:5
For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort
also abounds through Christ.
2Co 1:6
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we
are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the
patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
2Co 1:7
Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers
of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.
2Co 1:8
For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our
affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down
exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of
life.
2Co 1:9
Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves,
that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the
dead,
2Co 1:10
who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom
we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
2Co 1:11
you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that,
for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by
many persons on your behalf.
2Co 1:12
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in
holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace
of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward
you.
2Co 1:13
For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even
acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end;
2Co 1:14
as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even
as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
2Co 1:15
In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you
might have a second benefit;
2Co 1:16
and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come
to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
2Co 1:17
When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the
things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with
me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
2Co 1:18
But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and
no."
2Co 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us,
by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in
him is "Yes."
2Co 1:20
For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes."
Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of
God through us.
2Co 1:21
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is
God;
2Co 1:22
who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our
hearts.
2Co 1:23
But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn't come to
Corinth to spare you.
2Co 1:24
Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers
with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
